Update

We had a wonderful Christmas! We were able to spend some time with Guerlens and it was awesome! This little boy has stolen our hearts fully and our hearts ache to be with Caleb at the same time. We cannot wait until there are 4 kids stockings hanging up at Christmas! We are so thankful that we can send the gifts we got for Caleb down to Haiti with Mallery and Frentz!

We received our Haitian Dossier packet a couple weeks ago and...WOW! There is a lot of documentation we need! Even though adopting from Ethiopia was difficult and chock full of paperwork, there seems to be even more things needed for Haiti! We have begun the loooong process of gathering this paperwork and it feels a bit overwhelming. But even when I can check one item off the to do list, it feels good and we are that much closer to getting that dossier to Haiti.
We are STILL waiting on a surgery date for Guerlens. We have been told that his surgery will be in NY and that it will be scheduled for late Jan./ early Feb. but an exact date has yet to be determined. We are anxious for this final date!

Guerlens is a very bright little guy. He is so alert, has strong eye contact and is very attached to Mallery, which is encouraging to us. He likes to be held ALL the time and does not like to be put down:) He eats like a bottomless pit and is not picky AT ALL! He likes animals..he'll chase our cats around the house and Mallery told us that he is now saying the word "dog" and will chase her dog around their house and play with the dog toys:) He is smiley and sweet and very charming.
He and Caleb are such gifts and we are thankful!

Merry Christmas!

We received this beautiful gift in the mail this week and we are so thankful! We have been so blessed to spend time with Guerlens and to be able to Skype with Caleb. It's been more than we could of asked for and we're amazed that we are a part of this story!

We are still waiting on a surgery date for Guerlens and are hoping to find out more next week. We are just praying for God's perfect timing in this. We are almost done our Home Study and then will begin compiling our dossier. We are anxious to bring these boys home and are just waiting on God's direction and provision, trusting that He knows all we need to move forward with the process.
We are just trusting that God will provide all of the funds we need for this adoption. Because we are adopting two children, the international costs are quite a bit more.
A friend of mine sent us a magnet when we were adopting Melat that said "Where God guides He provides"...I am hanging onto this every day.
God continues to stretch and surprise us!