All Quiet on the Adoption Front?

In one word, no. Or maybe busy. We are in the preparation stage for going to get Yiah, and have been so busy that our blog has fallen to the side. So just a quick update of what we have been up to.

We hopefully finished our "baby preperation" shopping getting bottles and bibs and diapers.... you get the idea. I think the people at Babies-R-Us got annoyed with us checking out 3 times, but oh well!

Christmas was hard. Its weird that we have never met Yedidiya but we missed him incredibly. Our families were great and supportive. They also blessed us with many gifts with Yiah's name on them. We made them save some for him to open when he gets home.

At our house we have been going through the packing process. We have one suitcase full up of donations, and enough clothes for Yiah to fill 2 more (maybe not quite!!!). In picking out outfits to take we always think that is so cute, we gotta take it. Well needless to say, we had a little much.

Our house is about ready to go. I am putting the finishing touches on a cabinet to store all of his bottles and formula and such, and if you have seen our house you know we have everything else! Or as my Dad would say, two of everything!

We got an update yesterday on Yedidiya's height and weight, and he is up to 19 lbs!!! YIKES! That puts him in the 75th percentile for babies his age! That changed some of the outfits we were planning on taking!

Otherwise, we leave in 16 days, and will hold him for the first time in 19 days! Thank you all again for your support and we can't wait to introduce you to him!

We are Booked!

So, it's official. The Schwartz-Thayers have a plane ride to Ethiopia!! I know, I know... all you want to know is date, time, and place that Yiah will arrive home. Well you are going to have to read the whole post to find out!
We will be leaving O'Hare on Friday, January 15th at 4:35 pm, take 2 planes and arrive in Addis at 10:10 pm (their time) on Saturday. To return home, we will leave late the following Saturday to arrive back at O'Hare at 1:25 pm on Sunday the 24th with our son!
We can't wait!!!

God's Timing IS Perfect!

Today was supposed to be our court date, but as you know, for some reason we got seen early and passed. Well, today, in Ethiopia, the Ministry of Women's and Children's Affairs was closed, again. That means that none of today's court cases passed, for the same reason that we all didn't pass last time.
I would ask for you to please pray for those 3 families, as they are the same 3 that we had our last court date with, meaning this is the second time in a row this has happened to them. I didn't understand it the first time, and I don't understand it now, and I am certain that they don't either. So lift them up, praying for their strength, understanding, and trust in God's perfect plan.

Concrete Travel Dates!

We are confirmed to travel January 16th through the 23rd! We are in the process of booking flights now!

Happy 1/2 Birthday!

Yiah turns 6 months old today!!

It still looks like we are waiting on paperwork in Ethiopia to come through in order to confirm travel. In talking with our agency and some travel agents, it doesn't look like we will be able to travel on the 2nd. Even if the paperwork came through on time, flights are full up, so we are thinking we will travel on January 16th. One month from today!!!

Still Tentative...

They were unable to confirm our travel dates last week. We are still scheduled to travel January 2nd through the 9th. As soon as they have confirmation or a change, they will let us know.

Tentative Travel!

We received our tentative travel dates today. They will be confirmed or changed by the end of the week. And let me just say, OH MY!!!! Pure excitement and a little stress!

Right now we are scheduled to leave January 2nd!!!! He could be in our arms in less than a month! PRAISE GOD!!!!!

Pictures

WE PASSED!!!!

Apparently our court date was the 8th, not the 18th, and WE PASSED!!!!!!! Yedidiya Lee Schwartz is officially ours!

I will try to post pictures soon! Thank you for your support and prayers!