5 months down, a few more to go (?)

It's hard to believe that five months have gone by since we sent our paperwork in. How time flies over the holidays. We've been busy with family gatherings - for Christmas in Nashville, and here at our house this month for all of the January birthdays (and Kate's big 30th). We've been a bit down and out with a couple of rounds of illness. Between a stomach bug and recurring colds we're ready for a break. The weather has been cold and snowy of late. About five inches of snow and a quarter inch of ice greeted us yesterday morning and Cale has enjoyed yesterday and today at home after work was closed due to the weather. I just looked up the weather in Addis Ababa and it's in the mid 60s today. I learned that the weather is pretty fair and relatively steady year round there; quite different from here in Ohio with our seasonal swings. I also just learned, and it came as a I surprise to me, that the elevation of Addis Ababa is over 7,700 feet above sea level! Anyway...

We're getting excited as we realize that each days brings up closer to the day when we leave to go to Ethiopia to bring home our boy! We expect that we're over halfway done with the wait and as the time grows shorter our hearts yearn to have him with us. Hopefully soon!

-- cale