Rollercoaster Days

Whew! Over the past couple of days we have definitely experienced a very intense rollercoaster of emotions. It started yesterday, when another WACAP family who is currently in Ethiopia told us to email them because they might have more information concerning court dates. Well, we ended up emailing and then this morning we heard the most awful response - that 2 weeks ago the main social worker in Ethiopia who is in charge of getting our court dates told her that he did not think WACAP would get ANY more court dates before court closure. We were absolutely devastated. We decided to call our caseworker as soon as she got to work. Well, because we live in NC and the agency is in WA, we couldn't call until noon our time. At almost noon on the dot, we called with bated breath, fearing that she would confirm what we had heard. Luckily, this was not the case. While we did not receive our court date today, 3 other families did. So yay! At least it was not true about no more court dates. Unfortunately though, the township where our little guy is from seems to be dragging their feet about requesting a birth certificate for him - and no birth certificate = no court date. So, we continue to wait for the ever elusive court date...

Then, tonight we received an unexpected update - new measurements for Truman! In the past 5 weeks, Truman has gained 1.5lbs, which brings him up to 12.1! It was so good to hear that he's gaining weight and growing strong. Our case worker is also hopeful about getting more pictures soon. Now, of course we would like pictures, but I think the only update that would make us truly joyful is a court date! So please keep up in your thoughts and we hope that we can soon provide an elated, over-the-top excited blog update with court date included!