Exhaustion!

Ok, we have been off the computer for a long time! We are totally exhausted. We have adopted a little boy who is not fond of napping, ever! He is a power napper, 20 to 30 minutes in general and he is good to go. I am so 'jealous' of those families with children who sleep! Ok, so anyway, I am going to get onto the posts of the trip, after we officially introduce our little man! Here he is

Mason Mamush Lee S...

After searching through the pictures for a cute one that I would love, this is what I found that is already loaded on the computer. We have some on SD cards that have not been loaded and I am not going to hunt them done tonight. Honestly, Dan is sitting here, next to me, sound asleep, Mason is in bed, and I am thinking that I am going to call it a night. I will post the trip stuff tomorrow. Trust me, it was an adventure. The time in Addis was the 'calm' part for us! Night! T

We're home

Sorry we haven't posted anything as of late. So much to post and say. Problem is, the trip home got a bit long. We didn't arrive to our house until Saturday, 1/30, at 3:30 pm. So needless to say, we are still recouperating. We will post tons of pictures and lots of stuff here in the next couple of weeks, but to be honest, we are dragging still. T

Heading home!

It has been a wonderful week and we are ready to bring our little man with us to his new home.  His real personality is starting to come out, as we see him interact with hotel staff and guests around us.  He is a very happy boy even when waking from naps.  We are packed, fed, napped and will be heading to the airport in about an hour to get checked in and ready for our flight.  Please pray with us that Mason travels well, that flights are safe and connections smooth.  We so look forward to seeing family and friends when we are state state side.  Love to all. D

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And then there were THREE !!

Just wanted to share a quick photo from our trip to HH today to get our little boy. He is everything that we prayed for, dreamed of, hoped for, and more. He is napping right now after falling asleep in the van on the way back to the hotel. Please pray for him as he transitions away from those he has known and into our lives.

Tomorrow

Tomorrow!! The day that we have waited for and prayed over for the last year. The day that we will add to our family and be the practicing parents we have wanted to be for so long. It is surreal to think that it is finally here and to know that we have been in the same city, about a mile away, from our son for the last day and half. While we have enjoyed the time resting and recovering from the travels, it will be better to be on our way to Hannah's Hope where we will finally be able to pick up our sweat little boy, hold him close and tell him how much he is loved, and how we have waited for this day. We pray that God will give us the strength and wisdom to care for him and raise him to be the man of God that we know he will be. We will do our best to post tomarrow once we have him in our arms. D

WE MADE IT!!

Thannks for all that prayed today as we RUSHED to denver form Garden city to make our flight after a cancelation. WE made it to Ethiopia and are in the same city as our little boy. Excitement doesn't begin to describe how we feel. Will post more when we can if we can get our laptop to connect at hotel. Again thanks for praying with us today. D

In Detroit

Hi, everyone, this is Tara's mom uapdating their blog---I hope.

Tara & Dan made their flight in Denver after driving from Garden City. They arrived @ their gate as people were loading the plane -less than 5 minutes to spare. They are now in Detroit getting ready to go to Amsterdam & on to Addis Ababa. They are supposed to arrive late tomorrow nite --Ethiopia time.

They said to tell everyone thanks for all their prayers & the encouragement with this part of their journey to gettheir little guy.

I will update, when I hear anything else..... mom