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Thank you Connelly Family for delivering our care package and loving on our little man!

We witness a miracle every time a child enters into life.
But those who make their journey home across time and miles,
growing within the hearts of those who wait to love them,
are carried on the wings of destiny and place among us
by God's very own hands.
---Kristi Larson

My Montage 3/25/10 at OneTrueMedia.com

We got the long awaited call this morning that we passed court and Yonas is officially ours. It will still be a little while before we can go to pick him up but what's a little more wait!! Here is a beginning stages collage of our little guy!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

Court Date!

We finally have a court date!!! Yeah!!! We are so excited. Our court date is 3/25/10. Please, pray that we pass court the first time w/o any problems so we can travel as quickly as possible to finally pick up our son!

News

Well, since we last posted, Asher had gotten sick with pneumonia, as well as many of the other children at the TH. He was treated with an antibiotic and is now done with his meds and is over the pneumonia and reportedly doing well. We also just received word today that all of our paperwork has now been signed off on, which reportedly is a miracle in and of itself. More information to come on that topic another time. We are being told that it will probably be about 2-3 more weeks before we get a court date, however. Our agency will petition the courts for an expedited court date for us as we have been waiting so long. So, please keep us in your prayers and hopefully we will have a court date for mid-late March and pass the first time. Please also pray for our friends the Heddleson’s as they have been waiting even longer and going through many of the same issues to bring their son home. We just found out that they did not pass court today due to a paperwork issue and they are very, very frustrated and heartbroken. Our agency is trying to get them another court date tomorrow.

January Update!

Well, we received our January update of Asher. He is almost 9 mo's, weighs 15 lbs and can crawl and pull himself up to stand. He is eating cereal/pastini, and mashed fruits and vegetables in addition to formula. He is becoming such a big boy! and he is so incredibly gorgeous! I just can't wait to hug him and kiss him and love on him. I don't think I will be able to put him down for at least a year!! I think me and Tim will be fighting over who gets to hold him! I can't wait until we can post pics of him and show you his gorgeous little face! Please keep us in your prayers as the wait is really beginning to seem unbearable.

Dream

I dreamt of Asher last night!! I think about him constantly but this morning I dreamt of him for the first time! It was so wonderful I didn't want to wake up. Tim and I were bathing him, cuddling with him, and caring for him. It was perfect. I just can't wait to hold him in my arms and kiss him all over! My mom also had a dream of Asher last week and said that he is coming home soon. Hopefully, she is right and that all this waiting will end and we can have him home with us.