The second time IS a charm!!!

We passed court today!!! We are officially the parents of two! (That sounds so so crazy to say, even though we have known this day was coming for the past year!) Now we just wait to find out when we can travel to pick our little guy up!! Luckily, we've already started getting things ready for travel, doing our travel shopping, etc so hopefully we won't be too stressed out getting ready to go. I can't believe traveling to Ethiopia is our next step!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PRAISE THE LORD!!

Court Date

We've got our second court date today. Or tomorrow. Depending on if you're in the US or in Ethiopia. Pray, pray, pray that we will pass this time around and bring our sweet baby home! We're keeping in mind that this is all in His timing, and trust that He knows what is best... for us and for Berynger!

Family Birthday

We had a second birthday celebration on Brenner's actual birthday. It was so special to spend that time together celebrating Brenner, just the three of us. What a gift Brenner is!

Birthday Boy

Brenner's three! Can you believe it? We had a pool party, perfect for a December birthday, right? Brenner had a blast and was spoiled like nobodies business. Thank you everyone who came and helped Brenner celebrate this very special day!

Blowing out the candles.

The castle cake.

Singing Happy Birthday... he loves this part!

The boys fetching the pizzas.

Daddy and Brenner... pool party!

New train set from Mommy and Daddy.

Train tunnel, coming through!

Cake courtesy of Connie Bedient.

Pictures courtesy of Sara Bedient.

Baby Update!

We received an update on our sweet little boy the other day. It truly warms my heart hearing about what Bear is like, physically and personality wise.

He is now 23.2 inches long and weighs 12lbs. He's grown! Thomas found a US growth chart to see how he compares to other children in height and weight. Turns out he is around the 10th percentile for both, which seems about right as Ethiopian babies are generally smaller than babies born in the US.

The report also said that he "Babbles and laughs while playing. Smiles spontaneously. Stretches arms to reach objects." and "The care takers adore ____________. He is a playful child." It kind of makes me proud hearing that the nannies "adore" him!

Can't wait to see his little personality first hand and be captured by all his darlingness! (I know that's not a word!)