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We are very excited to share with you all.....WE HAVE A CHILD!!!!!!

Introducing........drum roll............NOBODY.....Unfortunately we signed a paper legally binding us to what we are and are not allowed to share on the internet until our child is officially ours....which happens after the courts grant our actual adoption in Ethiopia......so we can't post a picture.

Here's what we can tell you.

1.  For everyone who have been praying we'd get a girl.....you can start crying.  It's a boy!!!!

2.  He's  2.  He's healthy.

3.  He was given an Ethiopian name by his caregivers.  Much like both our boys we will be keeping that name as a middle name.  We will be calling him Elias ( E-LIE-us).

4.  We don't know when we will be able to travel.  Rainy season is coming in Ethiopia.  The courts shut down for months.  Our agency is pushing and we're hoping to get in before courts close.  If that doesn't happen, we're waiting until October before our first trip and later before he can come home.

5.  What do the boys think?  Honestly.....they're really excited it's a boy....and that's about it.  It doesn't really impact their world of summer fun right now....so it's gonna take awhile for them to grasp the implications.



We're excited.  Lots to think about.  More blog posts coming.