Now that we are home with the twins I do not have time to keep up with the blog. Atleast not right now anyways. So I have decided that I will try and post pics when I get a chance but that will be it. Hopefully once life gets a little less hectic and I am used to having two children I can start posting about all the great things they are doing but not now. Thanks for those who have been reading and I will be posting on Facebook, it is a lot easier at the moment. See ya.

Traveling

On Wednesday Matt and I left around 1:00p to go to Indy for our 7:55p flight. Of course when we got to the airport we had plenty of time to kill before we flew out. So we went to the airport bar and had a few drinks to pass the time and to calm our nerves. Our flight to Boston sucked due to the fact that the plane was extremely cramped, which made it very uncomfortable. Luckily it was only a 2 hour flight. When we got to Boston we asked where we were to go to catch our next flight that was in 2 hours. We could not understand the man that gave us directions so we took the long way to get our destination. Matt and I made a pact that we would not snap on each other while traveling so we just laughed about our detour and finally found our destination. Our flight to Paris was nice. The flight was not full so Matt and I got a row of three seats to ourselves, which was nice since it was an overnight flight it made sleeping a lot easier. We had a 10 hour layover in Paris but we were not able to leave the airport. The airport is on the outer edge of Paris and thus not close to any tourist attractions. We wish we would have gotten a hotel room at one the airport hotels so that we could have taken a shower and gotten some sleep but we didn't think about it until it was too late. So we ended up people watching and exploring Charles DeGalle airport instead. Nothing too exciting happened while we were at the airport though. I had wished something funny or exciting would have happened though, atleast I would have had something to blog about. Our flight to Ethiopia was an overnight flight also but not as comfortable as our flight to Paris. We had a man and a young boy sitting behind us and the both of them kept putting their knees into our backs making very difficult to sleep or to be comfortable at all really. But in all our flights went well and were really uneventful. We arrived in Ethiopia at 7am on Friday morning. We were so happy to finally be there.

We are home!

Well we have been home for a little over a week, but this is the first chance for me to be able to post anything. Our trip was wonderful yet terrifying and saddening at the same time. We met some great people, but the best ones of all were the twins. Unfortunately I do not have video of our meeting but another family did get it on her camera so I'm sure when she gets a chance she will send it to me and I will post it. I will try and post pictures soon too. It has been quite hectic around here with two kids and all. Matt and I were sick for the first week back also that did not help matters any. Well I now have two extremely cute kids wanting to play so I will have to post more about our trip later. But just so everyone knows we are doing great and loving being parents.

Okay so I had a three day weekend and our computer at home was not working well at all so that is the reason for the jump from 6 to 2 on my countdown.

I also wanted to add that today the twins turn 13 months old. I am so glad we don't have to miss another birthday. This time next month they will be in our arms and home forever.

The countdown begins!

We are going!!

I just got an email from our agency that we have the August 9th embassy appt. We will really be going this time. Yay!! I am one happy camper. We also found a sitter for Tues. and Thurs. today. It has been a good day all in all. Now if only we could win the lottery so I wouldn't have to work. Of course you have to have the money to play the lottery first. LOL! Oh well for now I will work, but at least is only part time. I'm just glad that in one weeks and 1 day we will be boarding a plane that will take us to our babies. Finally the wait is almost over.

No news is good news?

So so far we have not heard from our agency that we will not be going to Ethiopia for the August 9th embassy date, but it is still early. We should know by this week if we are not going. Fingers and toes are crossed and prayers are being said. I keep saying that I am going no matter what, but realistically that won't be able to happen due to not being able to afford to stay in Ethiopia for that long. If we don't get the August 9th date we have to wait til the August 23rd date. But I am optimistic in getting the August 9th date now that all of the paperwork is in place. I think our agency director is also optimistic in us getting the Aug. 9th date. So that helps in being positive.

Matt's best friend, Adam, has been staying with us while he's been home visiting, he lives in Florida. He leaves on Wednesday so after he leaves we will be getting all the cleaning, packing, making baby food and freezer food and last minute home repairs going since we will only have a week til we leave. Matt's parents will be staying at our house while we are gone. It will be so nice knowing that the dogs will be with someone all day and that the house will be safe while we are gone. It will make for a much smoother and a little less stressful trip knowing all is well at home.

I can't wait to hold my babies! Soon very soon they will be in our arms and all the waiting, stress, and anxiety we felt during our journey to them will just fade away and all that will matter is that they are with us for the rest of our lives and we won't have to miss another minute of their smiles, laughs, cries, not any of it. Soon very soon it will all be over and we will be a family of 4, 6 if we count the dogs.

Our paperwork in at the embassy

I got an email yesterday from the National Visa Center that our paperwork had been transmitted to the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia and then today I got an email from the U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia that they have all the paperwork needed for us to have our embassy appt. WooHoo! Now we wait to see if we can get a confirmed appt. for Aug 9th. We should know if we have the appt. sometime next week. The embassy won't do anything until two weeks before the requested date. Our agency director is positive that we will get the Aug 9th date since we were originally in the bunch for the July 26th date but couldn't get it due to the missing paperwork, which they now have so I am staying optimistic that we will be in Ethiopia in two weeks so pick up our babies. Oh wow this is really going to happen. After wanting to be a mommy for my entire life it's finally going to happen. In two weeks I will be holding my children in my arms for the first time. Tears and goosebumps is all I can say.