March 16th - Day 4

Today was our US Embassy day!!! The last big hurdle before Isaiah comes home with us. We went to the Embassy with the two other families from our agency. The place was packed and we had to sit outside for a while before we could even get into the indoor waiting room. There were quite a few other adoptive families there, and it was fun to see them with their new children. Even though we didn't know any of them, you oddly still feel some kind of bond with them. We had all been travelling the same challenging road the past couple of years, and the end was in sight!!! When our number was called, we approached the window, answered a few basic questions and then was told a wonderful statement -"Congratulations on your son. He is now a US citizen!!!" I loved hearing it and it brought tears to my eyes. Here's Isaiah getting ready for his bath for the big day! You got to love that he is teething and always has copious amount of drool. When we arrived at our guest home at the beginning of the week, it was just us and one woman with her adoptive child staying here. Here's Isaiah with the other little adopted child. Each day more couples show up and the house is beginning to fill up. In the evenings, we love to just hang out with them all and hear about their adoption experiences and the adventures they had that day in Ethiopia. We were the only one's bringing our child home this trip. Everyone loved meeting Isaiah and it made them excited to return for their second trip. Two of the couples in our house that had court this week passed! It is encouraging to hear that things are still moving forward with Ethiopian adoptions despite all the chaos that is going on right now. We pray that things continue to move forward and more children find there forever homes.