Court Date!!!

Ok, I admit it. This mom-to-be is getting a little anxious/nervous/excited for our Monday court date. I've been very "zen" about this whole process, but this court date is definitely one of the BIG milestones. The biggest, actually. If we pass court in Ethiopia on Monday (our Sunday night), I am a new mom once again! So, all my readers, as you go to bed on Sunday night, do us a favor, will you? Picture the judge opening our file, finding all the paperwork there and in order, and all the right people showing up at the right time. And also, please keep Shimeles' birth family -- specifically his birth mother -- in your thoughts as well. I can hardly imagine myself in her place -- relinquishing a beautiful, healthy, wonderful, sweet child, and sending him off to strangers in a land she probably can't even picture in her mind, knowing she may never again know how he is doing or what his life is like. We will never forget that it is SHE who has made the ultimate sacrifice -- a selfless, brave act of love to give her child a better life than her circumstances can provide. And for that, we are eternally grateful.