WE PASSED COURT!!!!!!!!!!!

We found out this morning that we passed court and Zinabu David Czarnecki is officially our son! We aren't sure when we'll travel yet, but should find out soon. Usually it's just a few weeks from court until travel so we're starting to pack and check things off our many to-do lists! Thank you SO much to everyone who was praying and thinking of us - we are so blessed to have this kind of support. God is so good!

Court date approaches!

We are anxiously awaiting our court date, which is this Friday, April 24. Ethiopia is 11 hours ahead of us so it will actually happen Thursday night for us but we should find out Friday morning. We are, of course, hoping that we pass and can travel in May but the reality is that we may need to have another court date if the judge feels that everything is not in perfect order (as far as paperwork). Keep us in your thoughts and prayers Thursday night and Friday as we wait on pins and needles to see if our little boy is finally legally ours!

It's Spring!

Today was absolutely gorgeous and we spent most of it outside. Stefan brought my parent's goats over so they could start eating down the huge patch of blackberries (patch actually seems an inadequate word for the large area they cover) and the kids had a picnic outside with them.

Video footage!

We received a video yesterday of all the babies at the care center in Addis. Z was awake and alert, looking sort of like he had just woken up and had a camera shoved in his face. Super cute - seriously, everyone who has seen it just melts! I wish I could show it on here but rules are rules - soon enough we'll have more pictures than we know what to do with!