Court Date!!

It's been way too long since our last update. My bad! The only excuse I can come up with is that we're busy...but that really shouldn't be an excuse. Everyone is busy in their own way, and not taking time to slow down and let people know how things are going is just poor manners. Especially on Mother's Day...my mom taught me better than that!

Anyway...Adoption news first :

We found out that our Court Date is May 26th! And since our paperwork was processed before May 9th, we are not required to attend. Although we were getting our minds wrapped around the potentiality of traveling to Ethiopia twice, we are grateful that we will only have to go once; when we go get him. It is a bummer that we won't get to meet him in less than a month, but leaving him would have been torture. So, we're happy to do things this way.

About 50% of families pass court on the first try. We're hoping and praying that we're in that 50%. If it doesn't work out on the first try, we'll get a new court date and go from there.

If we pass court on the 26th than we'll be headed to Ethiopia about 2-3 months after the 26th...so late July or August we could be bringing home our little baby boy!

News on the rest of life :

A few weeks ago, my dad had an emergency quadruple bi-pass surgery. Thankfully, the surgery was a huge success and my dad is on the fast-track to recovery. In the three weeks since his surgery he has been walking four times a day and has been cleared to drive a car again and start working. But he's not allowed to lift more than 10 pounds - Dad-No lifting more than that; I know mom is reading this to you! I was able to go visit the other weekend, which was a great blessing for both him and me and the rest of the family!

A couple Saturday's ago, Michelle, her brother and I ran the Nashville 1/2 Marathon. Ya Ya...they both beat me by more than 20 minutes, but I was just happy to see that finish line, knowing that I could one day tell my son that his dad was convinced by his mom to run 13.1 miles for fun. To which I will follow up by saying..."I told you she was crazy!" Just kidding! It really was a good feeling to accomplish a goal, but my knees have been wondering why we set that goal without asking them first!

This Saturday I walked at graduation. The long journey that seemingly had no end is finally over! I'm excited to wake up in the morning and ask Michelle what I can do for her that day as opposed to asking myself how many pages I have to read. I'm also excited to start reading for the adoption. No rest for the theologically and physically weary.

Apart from those three crazy things, life has been great for Michelle and me. We are excited that another school year has ended well and that the campus is quieting down. We are looking forward to a great summer with many more adventures...especially the one that entails us going to Ethiopia!!

Love you all.
Jason and Michelle