We have a Date!!!

We just got news today that we are officially on the docket for April 19th!

The tears of joy and relief are overwhelming. (Paxton thinks something is very wrong... he doesn't quite understand happy tears... haha).

Booking our plane tickets today was the most wonderful feeling in the world. We are booked to leave Owensboro on April 14 for Seoul, South Korea and will stay through the 20th. At this point, we are excited to be able to plan our lives around this wonderful event and move forward.

We can usually plan and anticipate going to S. Korea again on a second custody trip 4 weeks after our initial court date. But, as we have seen up to this point, it is all just speculation until it happens. What is exciting now is that it is happening!

Until then, we are going to focus on loving the moment we are in with the boys and the people around us. We have Resurrection Sunday to celebrate, Grayson's birthday, going to the zoo with our best friends, and the anticipation of spring and warm weather. All leading up to God's gift of another spring baby.

Still Waiting For You...

Still Waiting for You...

So... it's been 7 weeks since we heard news that we were submitted to court. Each day, I get to let each caring patient and excited friend know that we still have no news. It could be any day really, but we are sooooo ready to get this show on the road. It is getting tough for this inner planner to perfection, and tough to not be disappointed today.

This week we let our guard down and tried to remind ourselves that God does not delay and it is not always about what I want in my timing...

Top 10 things we did this week to keep our mind distracted from disappointment:

1. We all snuggled with each other.


2. Paxton and I went on a shopping spree for summer clothes in the girls' section (evidently Pax is quite the fashionista and loves buying his sister clothes more than anything).

 

 3. I went shopping with my mom to buy local gifts from Crazy Me and Studio Slant for the foster family taking care of Abbi Grace, social workers, and translators.


4. I read a book on the history of South Korea from the library, taught myself the Korean alphabet, and ran on the treadmill reciting common phrases to myself.

 

5. I prayed for that one specific patient that needs to come in before I go on maternity leave and whoever else this delay may be about.


6. We bought John Mark some hats for Abbi Grace so he doesn't have to learn how to fix girl hair all the time.

 

7. I prayed for other people who are going through this process and was able to rejoice at seeing pictures of people meeting their sweet little ones for the first time on Facebook.


8. We fixed bibimbap for supper one day with spicy Korean chili sauce and had rice noodles the next night.

 

9. We counted all of our pennies, nickels, and dimes we had been saving over the past couple years and took them to the bank for our trip.

10. I checked my e-mail like a crazy person needing a technology fast every day.

 

We will keep you posted... In the mean time, please pray for us!