Craziest but BEST Week

Grace Yeabsira we are coming to get you!!
It has been such a crazy crazy week I want to share every moment of awesomeness with you!

As you know Mommy and Daddy wake up every morning about three am to check email to see if we can bring you home.  Monday there was no emails and we were sad.  We want you home!!  We are very lucky to have lots of great co workers who were there to support us that day and every day in this almost two year journey.

Tuesday morning I almost didn't check email but lets be seriously I couldn't not look.  Much much much to my surprise we had an email saying they had met with the people officer and we were all set to be cleared but this was not the official email.  I went to work happy but was keeping our little secret between the embassy, you, me and daddy.   It was a great senior day with many cute seniors asking about you.  I am not promoting lying but I did not say a word.  In the afternoon Mary and Amy were throwing us a baby shower and Mimzy was coming into town for the big event.  I sat down in the lobby to wait for her and checked email one last time (because why not? ) and there in the email was our clearance from the EMBASSY.  It is official!!  So I called your daddy to see if he knew and he said he had checked email but was on speaker phone and Mimzy was in the car.  So I met them outside and we got to tell Mimzy in person that we were cleared to bring you home!!  We got to tell everyone at the party too!  I was pretty excited and bouncy the whole party.  We have so many people who love you!!  That evening we submitted three days to come pick you up next week.

Wednesday found out flights might be an issue because well Saturday was only three days away so we asked to move our days out but we found.  Just kidding we had been approved for an appointment on Tuesday the 19th and would therefore have to be in the country by the 17th and ps it is now 7:30pm, every travel agent has gone home to be with there family so they could not help us bring our family together.  Then we found Solomon thankfully he picked up his phone at 8pm and he worked magic Grace Yeabsira -- MAGIC!! He found us flight so we could come see you Sunday morning!!!

Thursday I bounced around school trying to get everything organized and then in the evening Aunt Amy and I went to a Sugarland Concert!!  Thanks to Aunt Amy we had front row seats and a beautiful sign made just for you asking the band to play Baby Girl.  Well the posters went up and Grace Yeabsira you took Jennifer's breathe away, she stopped in her tracks to pick up the poster.  The song Baby Girl is about a girl who pursues her dreams, it isn't always easy but if you try hard you can achieve your dreams!!  This is what we want for you baby girl!  You will go out into the world and do amazing things and remember we will always be here to support your dreams!!  The song was beautiful the concert was amazing and at the end of the concert Jennifer leaned down to sign the poster ( the only poster she signed that evening)!! As if it was not already magical evening a Sugarland woman came up to us and asked us to come backstage to be interviewed.  We were told we would just be doing the interview.  As we were about to start in walks Kristian to come chat.  It is not often stars of bands just come into chat but he also signed your poster gave us a big hug and said over and over again how beautiful you were.  Aunt Amy is very excited to take you to your first concert (Sugarland of course)
When we got out Mimzy was still up and already knew you had been on the big screen!  She was so excited to see pictures of you!!!

So now we are here at Friday, we are packed and putting the finishing touches on the house to make sure it will be perfect for you!  We fly out tonight to Dullus and then to ADDIS tomorrow morning and we will see you SUNDAY!!

Tuesday is our embassy appointment and the rest of the week we just get to hang out and wait for your visa.  On Friday night we will get on a very big plane and fly home.  I promise we will come back to Ethiopia so you can see how beautiful the country is, how wonderful the people are and why we love Ethiopia so much!

Saturday we will fly into Syracuse and you will get to meet lots of new people.  You already know Mimzy and she is excited to see you!!  You will get to meet your grandpas, your aunts, your uncles, your cousins, lots and lots of relatives and lots and lots of wonderful friends who love you so so much!!!