Updates

We received an update from Gladney today announcing the dates for court closure for the rainy season. Courts will close August 6th for a couple of months. The email said that it's very likely no more families will receive court dates before closure. We anticipated this so even though we'd like to love on our little guy in person- and as soon as possible- we feel prepared to continue to wait a little while longer. He's getting some great lovin' from sweet families who are traveling to bring home their little ones as well as our friends who are in Ethiopia for the summer. (We can't wait to be able to do this for other families someday!) This means that the earliest we'll be traveling to Ethiopia will be sometime in October or November. We're really hoping to have him home with us by his 2nd birthday which is Christmas Day.

Also, we've decided to name our little guy Miles. We will keep his Ethiopian name as his middle name because it is a part of him and in case he'd like to go by that at some point. I found this picture yesterday. It's from my surprise birthday trip to the beach. We were still two months away from receiving our referral but we had Miles on our mind. We still didn't know if we would be blessed with a boy or girl but we both felt like little boy Miles was in our near future!