October Ebba Update!

This am we got our second monthly update on our daughter, along with two gorgeous pictures. She is growing, developing, and looks the picture of health!

Having the regular info & pics helps with the waiting - but is bittersweet, because with each passing month, she is growing up, and we are missing it!

Here's the latest:

Likes: Hermonawit is a beautiful and happy girl. She is very curious and always exploring!

Dislikes: Hermonawit doesn’t like when a child has a toy that she wants. She has a tendency to take a toy right out of other children’s hands!

Favorite toy: She doesn’t have a favorite toy, but she is extremely curious and likes to look and play with everything. She even gets so curious that she crawls under cribs looking for new things!

Eating/Sleeping: Hermonawit is a good eater and finishes everything she is given. She takes her time to eat, but makes sure that she eats everything. She is a good sleeper and doesn’t need any help to sleep. She sleeps soundly and most often on her tummy.

Additional Notes:
Hermonawit is an adorable and happy girl. She is very curious and likes to explore new things and new people. She gets along very well with all her caregivers and loves to be held and cuddled. Also, she is often seen sucking on her index finger!

Height: 76 cm
Weight: 8.6 kg

Our medical request has been issued!

This is part of the immigration process - a medical to determine whether or not Ebba will be an unjustifiable burden to the Canadian health care system.

We are still awaiting our court decision (to process the actual adoption). It shoud be completed by the end of November (hopefully earlier!).

Once these two steps are done, they issue her birth certificate, passport, etc, and all that get sent to the Canadian High Comission in Nairobi to issue the visa for her to enter Canada - THEN we can go and get her!

Still hoping for a January travel date.

Will keep you posted!

Great Moms

• Real Mothers know that their kitchen utensils are probably in the sandbox.
• Real Mothers often have sticky floors, filthy ovens and happy kids.
• Real Mothers know that dried play dough doesn't come out of shag carpets.
• Real Mothers don't want to know what the vacuum just sucked up.
• Real Mothers sometimes ask 'Why me?' and get their answer when a little voice says, 'Because I love you best.'
• Real Mothers know that a child 's growth is not measured by height or years or grade.. It is marked by the progression of Mama to Mom to Mother...
  

4 YEARS OF AGE - My Mommy can do anything!
8 YEARS OF AGE - My Mom knows a lot! A whole lot!
12 YEARS OF AGE - My Mother doesn't really know quite everything.
14 YEARS OF AGE - Naturally, Mother doesn't know that, either.
16 YEARS OF AGE - Mother? She's hopelessly old-fashioned.
18 YEARS OF AGE - That old woman? She's way out of date!
25 YEARS OF AGE - Well, she might know a little bit about it.
35 YEARS OF AGE - Before we decide, let's get Mom's opinion.
45 YEARS OF AGE - Wonder what Mom would have thought about it? 65 YEARS OF AGE - Wish I could talk it over with Mom.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole, but true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows, and the beauty of a woman with passing years only grows!