One of the next best things to being with him

One of the couples that went to Haiti this past weekend, live just a few miles from us. They stopped by tonight and dropped off some pictures they took of David. (Thanks again!!!) Jay, Josh, and I have already looked through them about 50 times! We just can't get enough of seeing him.

Here are some of my favorites. I thought you'd want to share in the adorableness too :-)

Long time no post

So I know that its been a crazy long time since we've last posted.  Basically there just hasn't been much news to report.  I know, no excuses :-P

Our papers are still waiting to be signed out of IBESR - the stage that we've been in since October.  Our ages appear to be the issue.  When we first started the adoption process, Haiti didn't seem to be enforcing their age restriction that adoptive parents need to be 35 or older.  Well, now they're enforcing it, or at least enforcing that adoptive parents need to be at least 30. We're close to that mark, but not that close.

The good news though is that our papers haven't been denied (unfortunately, until we're through the next few stages that's still a possibility).  The bad news is that our papers aren't moving anywhere, and so we have no idea when David will be home with us.  It could still be by the end of this year; it could be another year or two (crazy to even think about, yet also possible).  We definitely haven't lost hope though.  As we continue to remember, God has brought us this far and whatever comes next is totally in his hands!  Haiti is such a relational country and who you're connected with seems to carry a lot of weight.  The connections that our orphanage have seem to be very strong and I know that people down there are advocating for us.  So for now, we just continue to wait, sigh.  

On happier notes, I do have some fun David updates to share.

• David is walking! In fact, it sounds like he's all over the place. :-)
• Our orphanage director told us that he's always smiling and laughing and "looks like somebody discovering the world for the first time." Oh, how that makes me wish I could be there with him to watch!
• Another couple just got back from visiting their son and told us that David is definitely a little jokester.

Jay and I are planning to go back down later this fall to visit. Jay hasn't been there since January and he's pretty anxious to get to see David (as am I!). We're just waiting to get the go ahead on dates from the people we stay with in Haiti and then we'll book our airplane tickets. Thanks to our many frequent flier miles we've been able to earn we should be able to fly for free, which makes traveling even sweeter.

"You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in you" Isaiah 26:3