Oh Happy Day!!!

Well, it finally happened! We received our court date today, and (drumroll please) it is only 15 days away - July 1st! Which means we will leave for Ethiopia in less than 2 weeks!!! We are absolutely ecstatic! And to top it all off, our embassy date is scheduled for only 3-1/2 weeks after our court date. So if all goes to plan, we will be staying in Ethiopia for just one month! This will definitely save us a significant amount of money, and will allow us more time to bond with Truman at home before we have to go back to work. Yay! Here's a play by play of how we got the call:

Shea and Alison were sitting at home eating some delicious buffalo chicken wraps for lunch when the phone started ringing. We looked at each other while thinking 'Who would be calling us at 12:30? It can't be Rachel, can it?' (yes, we DEFINITELY communicated these thoughts with our eyes!). Alison then picked up the phone and saw that it was, in fact, Rachel calling. We both paused and took a long look at each other before Alison had the guts to answer the call.

Rachel: "Hello"

Alison: "Hi"

Rachel: "So, I have some good news for you"

Alison: "Really? Does it involve a court date?"

Rachel: "Yes. You have been assigned a court date of July 1st"

At this point Alison began crying and had to hand the phone to Shea, who then put it on speaker phone so we could both talk to Rachel more about the details of our trip. The next hour involved a lot of jumping up and down, huge smiles, and phone calls with our parents. We are still flying high! In less than 3 weeks we will be holding our little boy in our arms!!!