COURT DATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have a court date! It's June 4th! This means that our adoption case will be heard in Ethiopia that day (unless it's cancelled or something). We do not have to be there for the court case.
If we pass court, they will give us an Embassy appointment. We will be travelling the week of our Embassy appointment. The 2 dates for embassy appts after June 4th are June 18th or July 2nd. I am guessing that we will probably get the July 2nd Embassy date. We won't know, though, until we pass court and they give us the date.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyy!!!!!

Second Care Package

We sent Amara her second care package. It's a cute pink sleeper and some socks with rattles on the toes.

BFAS Guesthouse

This is the BFAS guesthouse where we will stay when we go to Ethiopia.

Hanna's Hope House

This is the BFAS Care House where Amara is living! Isn't it beautiful?

Family name...

We found out that our daughter's name is Salmawit Daniel. This is very cool because my middle name is Danielle and my Dad's name is Daniel! I cannot imagine the pain her birthmother felt in making this very difficult decision, but I feel like this baby's soul was meant to be with us. There have been some crazy signs and things that have happened in our journey that are pulling us toward her.
So, it looks like she will have 2 middle names! We are debating these choices: Amara Salmawit Daniel Fisher; Amara Salmawit Danielle Fisher; Amara Danielle Salmawit Fisher.
By the way, Haile at our agency told us that Salmawit or Salamwit means "peaceful one".

First care package!

We have put together a care package for our new baby. Our adoption friend Sarah is taking it to Addis for us next week, when she goes to get her new baby. In the care package, I put a soft photo album with pictures of us and Maia and all the grandparents plus Aunt Sarah. We included Maia's old "snuggly", which is a super soft bunny head attached to a super soft cloth. We also included a little pink bunny sleeper that Maia wore when she was a little baby. We know that there is a chance this care package might be lost, and we're ok with that. Here are pictures of the contents! BTW, as you can see, I need help getting the photos to go where I want them! grrrr...

REFERRAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday the 13th is my LUCKY DAY!
We unofficially accepted a referral for a baby girl. SHE IS AN ANGEL and we are soooooo over the moon happy right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
details to follow.