We didn't get the call.......

Don't you guys wish I would actually keep up with this thing??? Sorry, I am not a very good blog hostess, so many of yours inspire me! Well there is BIG news at the McQuilkin household!!!! As of last Thursday June 3 2010, we have a new family member!!!

We accepted an infant girl off of our agencies waiting list! She is absolutely amazing! We are just going crazy over here, ready to meet her. The good news is, we will be meeting her faster than we would have originally, since we have to travel for court. The bad news is, we will have to leave our daughter in Ethiopia and return home waiting for an embassy appointment. We are going to be one of the first few families traveling under the new regulations with our agency, so wish us luck!! We are also a little nervous about court closures!! Ugggh, it is almost that rainy season time of year in Ethiopia! So we are praying that we get a court day before they close the court!!! Our newest daughter is beautiful and we can't wait to share her pictures with everyone, but we have to wait until after court. The good thing is, the pictures we will be able to share will most likely have been taken by us, or have us in them. God is Amazingly Awesome!!! We never dreamed our daughter would make her way into our lives this way, we thought we would get that long awaited and anticipated call. The funny thing to me is, I somehow thought that I had already passed all of the unknowns and craziness about what to expect in adoption. I think sometimes God is trying to say to me, "Sally you are not in control, I am, and you should just trust me!"

We mailed off our first "care package" today, to another traveling family. They insure us that they will bestow our love and gifts to our daughter and hopefully will be able to bring back some great new photos of her with them. I will try to keep you posted on when we hear of a court date!! Until then, we will continue to bite our nails and be anxious!!!