Going to Ethiopia November 30 - bittersweet trip

Well, there's good news and bad news.

Adam Samuel Emory, our new son, 16 months old passed his court in Ethiopia on November 5, 2009 and officially became an "Emory". His big "sister-to-be" had a court date a week later and didn't pass. The day that we learned she didn't pass, they offered us a December 2nd embassy date if I wanted to go ahead and bring him home. We weren't thinking along those lines, but decided we would try to go ahead and bring him home - 6 weeks before we anticipated and have her escorted when she passes court.

Wow! So much to do - like I said I wasn't exactly ready to jump on a plane. Now we have a bit of trouble getting out of town as this is the weekend after Thanksgiving and we may need to drive to Houston to be able to get out of the country. No way to get to D.C. to take Ethiopian Air, the preferred carrier, because there are no flights from Tulsa that way.

Also, plenty of paperwork to fill out. I'm not a procrastinator, per se, but I guess I just thought I had more time.

If I have time, I'll post a photo of Adam, but it may be a little while. Okay, so good news is we'll get to spend some time with big sister while we are there to get Adam and this will help with the transition, for sure. For all of us. Add one now, hopefully add big sister in another month or two. That will be nice I'm sure.

And Adam will be home for Christmas - of course, mommy might be a bit exhausted, but I think it's worth it for that prize.

Okay, off to do paperwork! Love ya! Faith