11/21/18

We had a blast this last weekend at the Pumpkin Patch! Aiden was more interested in eating the pumpkins or leaves then posing for photos for his 1st pumpkin patch photo and JJ and Aubrey were racing to see who could get the biggest pumpkin this year. I warned them that the larger the pumpkin the more they needed to clean out.

Happy Fall To All

10/20/09

Just some photos to gaze at...

9/23/09

Finally.....INTRODUCING AIDEN KNITTER

We came back 8/28 and I have just found the time to update the blog. Sorry for the delay. Having a baby in the house sure takes up much of my time and my computer wasn't letting me upload photos to the blog for whatever reason. Aiden is now 7 months old and adjusting well. Just wish we could master the sleep thing. He loves his big brother and sister and they adore him as well.

Our trip was great and all went well. It all seemed to go by way too fast. I still look at the photos and can't believe we were in Ethiopia just a short time ago. It feels like Aiden has been here forever. In just 3 short weeks I will be back at work so I have been trying to savor every moment with the kids while I'm off.

7/28/09

Passing Court

Thank God, the day has finally come when I can say, "WE PASSED COURT." I have only dreamed about this day where I could say we are on our way to bring home our beautiful baby boy whom we will be calling Aiden Alazar Matthew Knitter. I hold a huge sense of relief that we are over this hurdle that took so long to climb. I had thought that I would be frantically rushing around to get things done but I am so calm and relaxed. I also had some anxiety about traveling and leaving our children home while we go to Ethiopia but I am completely okay with that as well. I'm sure I will get nervous as we get more near. We have tentative travel dates of August 23 - August 27. Maybe I'm calm because we still have some time before we travel. I am sure that will all change as I am a true procrastinator.#*

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7/16/09

Court Date

In case you didn't know, we received a court date!

We are so over joyed to have a resolution to this entire adoption ban. Our court date is set for July 28th. We do not have to be there because we have an appointed power of attorney that will go to the court date in Ethiopia for us. Once we pass we need to wait for our travel dates. I can not wait to bring our little baby boy home forever.

Today we also received another treat. We received a video of Aiden. He is so very cute. He looks so happy and calm. I just wanted to jump into the video and give him big kisses and hugs. I just need to try to stay busy for a couple more weeks. Whats a couple more weeks after all the time we have waited so far.

6/30/09

Pure Heartache

What would you say to this beautiful little girl when she asks you,

"Mom, have you ever wanted something so bad your heart hurts and then it never happens or your don't get whatever you wanted?"

First I thought to myself "Oh my gosh this poor little girl, what could she have wanted so badly and we didn't or weren't able to get her?

Then she went on saying:

"Like the other night when we went to go see the fireworks and they had moved them and we weren't able to watch them from where we were?"

Whew, I thought to myself, she's a kid everything small to us is going to be huge deal to her.

She then said:

"Mom, that's how I feel this whole adoption is like. "Would if my baby brother won't ever be able to come home to our family?"

My heart sank to my knees and tears swelled in my eyes, I took a deep breath then I had told her that all we could do is pray hard and hope for the best. The reality is something could happen, after all adoption is never a certain thing you can count on. Of course we thought long and hard about this adoption and what it would do to our children prior to jumping in and signing the adoption contract. But some how this conversation wiped me off my feet. Truth is, I feel just like her. I am the 8 year old little girl with my heart breaking and I have no control of what is happening.

This all comes about after our agency told us last night that all of the hopeful

rumors we had heard in the past week from other agencies are just that rumors

and not to believe them because there isn't anything concrete to go by.

6/29/09

Need I Say More?

Actually we are doing okay right now. I just saw this image and it made me laugh to think that's truly how we feel some days. I know that in the end we will be stronger people because of this ban or at least I like to think so.

Oh Dear Lord next time you want to give me strength how about you just send me to the gym instead? Just a thought.

6/26/09

Not too much to say

I haven't written for a while because I haven't really had much to say. It's like I have put a hold on all emotions for now or until we hear something from our agency about a new court date. Don't get me wrong I am still staying very busy altogether but I just don't have much to say.

Here is what's going on thus far or rumors that we have heard from other agencies:

Rumor #1: Courts are not planning on closing as they do every year for the rainy season.
Rumor #2: The investigation has been completed
Rumor #3: The ban has been lifted and we just need to wait for a new court date.
Rumor #4: July 2nd there should be a decision on how to proceed with the court cases that are in limbo
Rumor #5: After July 2nd we should have a new court date.
Rumor #6: We won't receive a new court date but instead the judge will just sign our papers and we will have passed court.

I say these are all rumors because this is a summary of what I have gathered from some other agencies through out US, Europe & Australia. Our agency has not confirmed any of this yet.
I'm not sure when I will hear from our agency. I was hoping to get some kind of update from them today but no such luck. I am now thinking maybe next Friday. That has been the motto lately. Live hour to hour, day to day, week to week.

Some other things we have been doing lately:

The kids went to VBS this week and loved every bit of it. They asked if they could do it all summer long. I wish they could but it was only for 1 week.

Along with some very hot days we have been blessed with no water! The city have been working on replacing all of the water mains in down our street for the past month or so. Not only are we blessed with having to park a mile away we have no water either. Not ever quite sure when it will go out or when it will come back on. The sent us an apology letter with a case of water and told us to use the water only if we didn't have water to use and to use it as a reserve source. Are these people for real? Oh well, what are you going to do, right?

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