Happy Halloween

If you look closely, you'll see the lolly pop in Colton's mouth that I used to bribe him to hold still--great parenting skills!

Viking-I made that cape and tunic (my mom helped)

Ballerina

Our football costume makes it's third appearance--down, set, hut.

Just Love Coffee Fundraiser

Nick and I signed up several months ago to be a part of this coffee fundraiser. The site officially launched today. It was started by a man who was in the coffee business and adopted two girls from Ethiopia earlier this year. He wanted to find a way to give back to Ethiopia and help other families through the adoption process. If you purchase coffee through our store front, we receive $5 for every bag. There are six different original blends. The Ethiopian blend is certified organic for anyone that is interested. If you'd like to help support our adoption, you can view our store front at www.justlovecoffee.com/TheIrvins. Please feel free to pass this site onto anyone who might be interested. This would make a unique gift idea as we approach the Christmas season!

Dossier in Ethiopia

Our dossier was excepted last week on Monday the 12th, then sent for authentication in Washington DC and back to Georgia. It arrived back at our agency in time for the director to personally hand delivery it to Ethiopia. He had a trip planned for the 16th and was able to carry our dossier with him along with the care packages that we had sent for the girls. How cool is that? Coincidence, I think not. We got pictures this Monday of our girls opening our care packages. It is amazing to see them holding the bag of things that we sent them. Our little one looks scared in a lot of the pictures that we've seen of her. I'm glad she has her sister there, but I can't wait to get them home.

Court is reopened now (it closes every fall for the rainy season). Court dates have been assigned to many of the families in our agency this week. Our dossier will be translated and then submitted to the courts for a court date. We're hoping to have a date before the end of the year.

Please keep praying for the safety, health and well being of our girls while they wait.