Guess who he met on vacation?

While we were in Florida, we decided to go to Disney for a day. Belachew LOVED it and it was so fun to try to imagine things through his eyes. As we walked in the gates, a parade began as if to welcome us to the park. Belachew met Mickey and Minnie and waited in line to meet Ariel but got too scared at the last minute. We rode many rides, with Splash Mountain likely being his favorite. He also loved the Mickey's Philarmagic- a 3D short movie that included songs and characters from different Disney movies.

Meeting Mickey


Enjoying the movie

Worn out towards the end of the day

He loved the beach!

A few reasons I haven't posted lately

He makes me laugh

A year ago

A year ago, on this day, we met Belachew for the first time. Here is my post about meeting him:
http://paulandcindyadopt.blogspot.com/2008/06/update.html

What an amazing year it has been together! It has been so hard at times, yet Kenyon Belachew has added so much fun and joy to our lives. He is truly an amazing, resilient child and I love being his mother.

He likes to party

Belachew likes to party. He was invited to a "whale" themed birthday party last weekend. The host had a nice pool in the backyard, with plastic fish and fishing poles. The first thing Belachew said when he saw the pool was "I swim?" I held him back for as long as I could, but once I agreed (with the host's permission), he jumped in. The other kids at the party followed him and they had a blast. They would run across the yard and jump in the pool. On the car ride home, Belachew kept staying "I had so much fun, I got wet and dirty!"

Adoption update

I had posted a couple weeks ago about a setback in our adoption. I am so happy to share that this issue was resolved last week and our adoption is moving forward. We are still waiting for some paperwork to get processed and then our agency will request a court date. We are hopeful that our case will pass court before the Ethiopian courts close in August. We appreciate the prayers and support we received during those hard days of uncertainty. Belachew has been praying that he could hold his baby brother soon. That is our prayer too.