Our friends gave us these custom-made "Happy Adoption" gifts last night. Mine is a pendant that says "mother" in Amharic, and Dan's is a paperweight that says "father" in Amharic. These are precious.

As are the two packages of diapers, myriad 2T clothes, inflatable rubber ducky tub, discounted prescription meds, jumpers, "extra tithe money", cake celebration ("Go Taye!"), phone calls and trips to banks to find new money, and so many other items and gestures we've been blessed to receive as we've been on this journey to Taye.

Mostly, we've felt totally saturated in prayer. We have such an amazing peace about this process, our upcoming travels, transitioning to a family of 6 with a new member who will start out with a lot more special needs than any of our previous children have entered our family with. Thank you for praying us through this. Thank you for supporting us through this. Thank you in advance for meals my friend Kristi is coordinating for us for us after we return home.

Just know that we're going to be so excited to return all the favors when it's your turn...