I have several errands to run today and then on to some fun! The locl middle school is having a mini Relay for Life and I am going to go check it out! I plan to park the car some distance away and walk there. I have asked people to go with me but no one is interested so I'm just going to go myself, why not?!?!??!

On of the errands I need to do is for our adoption. At the beginning, when we filled out all the paperwork, we said we wanted an escort to bring the child to the US. Now the laws in Ethiopia have changed and we would need to go to court there. Here's the thing. I don't fly. I told the adoption agent that flying would be a deal breaker for us. She asked why. I told her that my dad had been killed in an airplane crash. She was going to talk to the attorney that does all their legal stuff and get back to me. She called yesterday and said they do grant exceptions and we could be excused if I could present a death certificate, any newspaper articles and a notorized affidavit from me. Ok. I can do that. I'm off to track down a 32 year old newspaper article and send out for the death certificate. If that doesn't do it, I have a friend who has offered to go to Ethiopia, go to court and pick up the baby. How great is that?!?!?   I think this might just work out!!! Current timeline, barring any snags will have the baby here in December or January!

Michelle