November 29th, 2009

Howdy!
Sorry for not sending an update recently. With Thanksgiving this past week, and friends and family flying in and out with all the festivities we have been incredibly busy. Now however, the trees are up..all 6 indoors..and 11 outdoors, lights are hung, mistletoe hung and the Christmas decoration adorning every room we are now settling down for the next exciting holiday time. Last week we had an appointment an we had blood work and an ultrasound. Both confirmed that we had ovulated and returning to normal since the Depot Lupron. We caught my body after ovulating, so we were too late to try the Clomid prescription just filled, or an IUI. We assume next month we will be on a regular routine and able to have an IUI about this time. We are by no means in a desperate rush of any sorts. We are thrilled and honored that the Lord is blessing us with out son from Ethiopia and we are at peace with whatever biological children he provides or does not provide our family. We are called to adopt our son from the Lord himself, just as we were called by name to be adopted into His family through Christ!!!

We have a doc appt. on Tuesday and will update soon.

On another note....if you have time to see THE BLINDSIDE...please do so! We know the movie is a blockbuster for its "feel good" qualities, but had a whole other effect on our family. Granted our son will be an infant when he is adopted but we will still face many of the challenges the family in the movie did if not greater. We have already faced question and concerns of many loved ones. Many of which revolve around our son being of a different race. In the movie there is a scene where friends ask racial questions and degrading concerns around a lunch table. The mother responds honorably with dignity exclaiming her son has blessed their family. The audience was silent, yet we couldn't breath we were so choked up. Our case manager Lisa has prepared us for moments like these when we have racial remarks tossed our direction, asking if we are his babysitter, why we do not have biological kids, dirty looks, rude questions, and pure ignorance, some of which we have faced before he is born, but seeing it on a small scale on a theater screen hit home.

P.S. We bought a 2010 "Mom Mobile" for me the haul Ma-Mush around yesterday!!!!