please pray...
we have out fingerprints all up to date! Yay!
and the paperwork came back two days ago to our agency so they walked it over to to the embassy so Ben could make the dec 3rd date...

ONLY TO FIND OUT WE HAD BEEN CLASSIFIED AS AUSTRALIAN CITIZENS!!!!

God is bigger than this too.

We are busy packing ben's bags for a flight out on November 30. We were told he had a Dec 3rd embassy date for sure, but recently found out everything is still tentative (par for the course, right?) We will know by this friday if ben can still head over there on the 30th. Yes, 9 days before travel!
Most times when we get in the car to go somewhere, JH thinks we are going to pick up E and Y. We got ben a wind up plane to take to the kids to play with and JH calls it the "orphanage plane" just like the ones E and Y will fly home on. I could go on and on. We drove by the airport and he said, that's where E and Y live. And we bought E shoes and he was happy to try them on for me, though they were a bit small he thinks they will be perfect for a girl. I love watching JH's anticipation knowing that God has prepared him the same way he has prepared us. We are definitely building momentum in this house.

Happy Haloween (a tad bit late)

Graeden's 1 month picture. What a sweet baby.

I have so much updating to do, I am unsure where to start!
1. We were told to be in Ethiopia for a dec 3 embassy date so we booked ben's flights for nov 30-dec 5.
2. In the meantime I realized our fingerprints had expired...UH OH!
3. We asked USCIS for a new fingerprint date and they gave us Dec 4!
4. Found out yesterday our agency infact did not have a for sure embassy date and had just assumed it would be the 3rd, but it was looking unlikely
5. Got ahold of USCIS's email address and BEGGED for a sooner fingerprint date. They said to be there tomorrow! Praise God
6. Got an email minutes ago saying they are expecting the letter we need any day now and we will probably be able to make the 3rd as our embassy appt.

WOW!