8 days to go

More pictures of Zaid. In one week I will be one my way to get him. There is still so much to do. I can't wait. Mara loves his Zebra shirt and we are just glad to see him in boy clothes. Mara also picked right up on the fact that he had a tear in a picture and she just kept kissing his picture to make him better. Soon he will be in my arms. Very soon after that he will be part of the family and I am sure he will be fighting with Mara, and she will have forgot how concerned she was over that tear.

I am so excited to go get him and a little anxious to leave my other kids. I am so glad we have some time in Amsterdam for just Chris and I. We will definitely need some time alone before our new adventure begins.

My little man

Zaid Henok, Welcome to the family!!

So much has happened since my last post. First of all we had our court date on August 20th and everything went well. Zaid Henok is officially ours!!!! We are so excited. We have our embassy date which is on September 29th, so we are counting down the days until we travel. We have so much to do. We have to get the last of our shots and make arrangements for our other kids and get plane tickets and hotels. My head has not stopped spinning. I am gathering up donations to take to the orphanage so if anyone has clothes they want to get rid of let me know. We are also taking diapers and wipes and hand sanitizer.
We also sold our house and are building a house. So when I am not working on the adoption I am working on house plans. We are really excited about the move. Our kids had to switch schools and they weren't very happy at first but now they love it. Taylor just had a volleyball game on Wednesday and she did great. They won, so she was super excited.
Dax will be starting pre-school next week. WHOO HOO!! He is growing so fast, I am going to miss him. I bet my house is a lot cleaner and quieter but less entertaining.

For some reason I can not post pictures tonight. I will keep trying but I have some of Zaid on Facebook.