WE HAVE A COURT DATE

We found out today that our court date is scheduled for March 13, 2009!! We are SO excited!!! We do not have to be in Ethiopia for this appt. as we have signed over power of attorney for this meeting.  This is the date that "M" will legally become ours.  Then we will travel to get her about 5 weeks after that.  Also, we got 5 new pictures of her today and she looks so happy and healthy. She was playing with a soccer ball in the pictures and wearing pj s that say "Sweet Dreams".  So cute!! She is adorable and we can't wait to show her to you soon!

The Morgan 4

What I just overheard...

It's Sunday, after church. I am in the kitchen and Ella is watching Dora the Explorer in the living room. This is what I just overheard...

Dora-"Do you know where Santa lives?"

Ella-"umm, Africa!!"

Be still my heart...

Merry Christmas Sweet "M"

Merry Christmas precious baby girl. This is the last Christmas that you will not be with us. We can not wait for you to be home with us forever. Please know that we love and miss you more than you can possibly know. We are so blessed to be able to celebrate this Christmas with you in our hearts and knowing who you are. You will be home so soon and the 3 of us anxiously await you!! I know you are wrapped with love from the Holy Spirit this Christmas so we are not sad or worried about you. You are in the best hands and soon He will trust us to take care of you, love you, be your mommy, daddy and sister. We are so blessed. Blessed in a way that I have never known before. We can not wait to get to know you and shower you with love and hugs and kissses. We can't wait to talk to you about Jesus and what he has done for all of us during this past year, how He brought us four together.

Here is a a song and video about international adoption, it hit home with what we are feeling during this time. The song is "Merry Christmas" by Third Day.  You can stop the music on the playlist on the bottom of this page before playing the video.

SHOTS and OUCH!!!

We needed several vaccinations in order to travel to Africa so we went Monday and got almost all of them. We used this AWESOME ministry that does travel vaccinations at cost. It saved us a LOT of money and they were wonderful!! If you are in the Nashville area and need travel immunizations we highly recommend these wonderful people.

The group is The Global Outreach Clinic.

Here's the link:

http://www.globaloutreachclinic.org

new pictures!!

The music night at Ugly Mugs went great!! Thanks to all of you who came out to support us! We had a great night.

We got 5 new pictures of "M" yesterday!! It is so exciting to get new pictures and updates. We are so excited and ready to get her home and live our lives together.

Thank you for your continued prayers and support. It really means so much to us.
The Morgan 4

UGLY MUGS

We are rounding the bend on our fundraising to get to Ethiopia and get our daughter. With Christmas just around the corner, what better time to purchase "Noel", the acoustic Christmas cd we are selling as our adoption fundraiser. It's just $10 and that includes shipping! Great for all your holiday gift needs!! ...stocking stuffer, gift exchange, the perfect item for that person who has it all, etc. It is a beautiful cd! We have been playing it in the house and it's really putting us in the Christmas spirit! I love this time of year for so many reasons (but that's a whole other post;))

And for part 2 of this post...Ugly Mugs is the best coffee you've probably never had. Our dear friends own Ugly Mugs Coffee and Tea. They opened about 4 months ago. Ty is playing a show there on Saturday, November 22 from 6-7 pm. Ugly Mugs is donating a portion of their sales for the ENTIRE DAY on Saturday, November 22!! So come out, enjoy some wonderful coffee, great company and live music. http://uglymugsnashville.typepad.com/ (you can read more here)

Thank you so much for your love and support during this amazing ride we are on!!

We are waiting for medicals and then we will be in line for a court date!!

We got more pictures!!

We got 4 new pictures of "M" today. (we can't tell you her name so for now we'll just call her "M") It is so helpful to see more pictures of her. We've only known about her for 2 weeks but any and every update is so precious to us.

Now that we have a name and pictures, all of the prayers, love, finances, time spent hanging out at our garage sales, etc. mean even more to us because now we know exactly who it has all been about!

Thank you so much!!

ps we really wish we could show you her pictures!! She is amazing!!