In Motion!

Today we were excited to find this video of our little man in an e-mail! Taken by the same family that just sent us pictures. It's great to see a little of his personality! The family said that he seems very content. I had to laugh when I see him trying to eat his paper - since I think he is so well fed :)



And did I fail to mention my little man is 9 months old today! Happy Birthday Dreyden! We'll be there soon!

They just keep coming......

We just got more pictures! I think these are from Devika's Mommy. They traveled early October, so they were before the pictures I posted on the 21st. If I remember right they had camera issues, so no one was sure if they'd have pictures for us. She did a wonderul job. (can you tell she does this for a living) I am getting really anxious, as this is our last week of waiting until the courts reopen. Please pray pray pray that our case is heard the first week of November! We'd have such a Thankful Thanksgiving (not that we're not already thankful to have been blessed with the little boy!)

more pictures

I was very excited to get new pictures yesterday. Thank you to Zaleeya's family for these beautiful pics! They were in India picking up their beautiful daughter. (their blog is to the right)

He is getting so big. Sitting up by himself and I've seen some of him crawling!!! Look at that smile!

As an update: Still just waiting on the Judge! Best case is still looking like a great Christmas gift! Say a prayer.

There are 3 more families either traveling now or shortly - safe trip to them! Maybe(hopefully) more pictures from some of them.

How I spend my time.......

Shopping of course.... Such great deals now for next summer... Let's hope my guestimates are right when in comes to his size. Our latest update was 16.7 lbs and 27 inches long. I'm taking it in stride, since we were told that Ahly was 17 lbs and when we got her home she was just of 14lbs.

So where are we, well we are waaaaaiiiiitttttttinnnng! The Calcutta courts are closed until November 3rd. All we need is the judge to hear our case and sign the guardianship papers. Appears we missed it by one day. Another very blessed family had their papers scrutinized the day before ours and received guardianship the last day courts were in session.... I keep telling myself there is a reason for all this - faith in God is what we have to have. So pray we are on the docket right out of the shoot on November 3rd - - sure would be nice. Really our only chance of having Dreyden home by Christmas is if the case is heard during that first week of November!

So we(I) shop - I call it therapy too (hehe) Here's a sample of what we've gotten.

This one actually says "my first tree stand" - while the baby is in a highchair! Had to get it for Daddy.

I really love the elephant one!

I'll definitely post more as it happens, but for now - it may be quiet until November...

1 more step down

We just received word that all our legal documents have been scrutinized. We now just wait on the Judge to sign the guardianship papers. At this point, we don't know if we lucked out with a court date this week. I would certainly doubt it. If we didn't, then we're looking at some time in November. Still faster than we thought. Once this is done then just a few last strings to tie up

1. Get passport for Dreyden to enter the US (about 3-4 weeks)
2. Get ICPC done (contract between our State and Oklahoma) (done while passport being issued)
3. ONLY when 1 & 2 are done - Make hotel and airline reservations.
4. Finally bring Dreyden home :)

Pray that things continue to move quickly - - I really want my baby boy home by Christmas!!!!