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Saturday, November 22nd, 2008Our children are rarely classified as picky. They will eat most anything and take polite bites of everything. When it came to shopping for their brother they were so picky. They want everything just right. It was so neat to shop with them and see their choices.
Mimi was the most concerned. [...]
Somebody has been growing
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008We passed court!!!!
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008As you may have guessed we passed court. We received the phone call at 8:12 this morning. Since we have to leave for preschool around 8:40 you have to assume two things. #1 we knew all of you would be checking in here and wondering how things went for us so we [...]
Meet the sixth Brown
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008Paul Teferi Brown
Waiting
Monday, November 17th, 2008We just got word from our agency and the official answer is “we don’t know yet!” Tsegay has not emailed them with this information. Whether he will later tonight is unknown. Most likely we will not hear until tomorrow morning.
These are the times when you wish the world weren’t so [...]
Blessing abound us
Sunday, November 16th, 2008To say that stress in the Brown household has been at a high status this weekend would be fairly accurate. We cannot help but worry as this part of the journey unfolds. If we have to wait longer to have Paul in our arms we can accept what is meant to be, but [...]
One more day
Sunday, November 16th, 2008Sunday night while we all are sleeping the fate of one little boy will being decided halfway around the world. I have not yet met him face to face but love him more than I can express. He is already my son, I just need the paperwork to prove it.
Court dates have [...]
Getting an early start on tradition
Thursday, November 13th, 2008Normally I don’t like to get started on my Christmas shopping too early. I love the spirit of the season and the hustle and bustle in the air. I have been emotional lately and I really felt like I would be able to channel that into positive emotion by going shopping for Christmas [...]
What language does he speak?
Sunday, November 9th, 2008For some reason I sound like Joey from friends when I try to speak French. It is absolutely hilarious!
I am a smart woman and can do many thing, but for some reason the sounds of the French language elude me. I would tape myself saying Laissez Les Bon Temps Roulez (let the good [...]
2 week wait
Monday, November 3rd, 2008Okay so 6 years ago the 2 week wait meant something entirely different. For those unfamiliar with this term it is the time from when you could have been knocked up, until you find out by a home pregnancy test. For me it meant that fertilization acts had been done and we would [...]
Paul’s baby shower
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Today we were blessed to have good friends give us a shower for Paul. As always everyone was so generous and thoughtful. We received so many nice things for Paul and had a good time celebrating the fact that *best case scenario* he will be joining our family this December. They played [...]
We’re registered
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008A couple of weeks ago we registered for items we would enjoying having for Paul. There is a link in the left column just below the Addis Ababa clock. Or you can find it here!
We appreciate all the genenrosity that we have always been shown when we bring a new member into our [...]
November 17
Thursday, October 9th, 2008Is our court date!!!!!
Hopefully it will be successful and Paul will legally become our son!
With this court date we were given an estimated embassy appointment of December 11th. If everything works out we could be arriving in Ethiopia just on or before Paul’s birthday and be able to hold him in our [...]
10 months ago
Thursday, October 9th, 2008A precious boy was born. We have yet to hold his hand but we have seen his face and given him our unconditional love. He is an amazing boy and we cannot wait to bring him home.
Paul,
Happy 10 months old. Although we are not there to hold you today we [...]
She cried
Monday, October 6th, 2008I know all kids cry but as a general rule my babies didn’t cry. I believe that I needed to be there for them, my style of attachment parenting means that nobody cries it out and nobody cries, they get their needs met. It is my opinion that babies are very simple humans, [...]
Waiting it out
Friday, October 3rd, 2008As expected the wait after referral has been markedly easier. I am so calm and serene. That was not the case pre-referral. In fact just a couple of days before the referral happened I had a serious breakdown. Knowing who my son is and the little bit of facts that I [...]
Crazy Dream
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008Last night I had a very odd dream. It was finally time to go get Paul and when we went he was in his 60’s. It was so crazy. Everyone else was picking up their infants.
I don’t think that this dream holds any extra meaning other than the fact that [...]
Mine Best Buddy
Friday, September 26th, 2008Today Mimi was holding the picture of her brother for about an hour. She just adores him so much. She says he is her best buddy and her best brother. She cannot wait for him to get home.
Do we miss him?
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Do we miss Paul?
Duh! Of course we do. It is amazing to be in love with a little man who is thousands of mile away, who you have never met and only know a very limited amount of information about. But it has happened and we are madly in love with him and [...]
And it’s off
Saturday, September 20th, 2008Finally we were able to send off our packet today to formally accept our son’s referral. I am finally able to breathe easy and be over the moon in love with my little man. This is a great and wonderful feeling. Guys in case you missed it, I AM GOING TO HAVE [...]
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