Update Pics and Travel

So we are almost ready to leave. I can't beleive in a few short days we will finally meet our son and get to hold him and love him!!! We got to welcome home a couple of Nashville families this past Sunday as they returned from Ethiopia with their little girls. It was very emotional. I can't wait to see our son's homeland and experience his culture. We hope to pick up as many souveniers as we can so as he grows older he will have items that give him a direct link to where he was born.

Another traveling family sent us some new pictures of Jack. It is so nice to see him smile!

Leaving Soon

We got confirmation today that our approval is in Addis Ababa so we can leave in the next few days.

We are packed and have our tickets and lodging booked!

Not really much left to do. This past weekend we finished putting some final touches on Jack's room.

For people that are waiting to travel I have been gathering items for our trip for the past couple of months. Actually longer then that. I really did not want all the dollars that we needed to spend to hit the pocketbook at one time so we spread it out over a few months. We bought the big ticket items early, the items that we knew we would need as soon as we got home: strollers, carseats, swings, activity playmat, bottles, little tub to bathe him in, etc. We also went to target and each weekend for a few months we bought travel items that we would need, bottles, diapers, clothes, medications etc. Again, it was just nice to not have it hit all at one time.