Forever Family....

Today started off as an ordinary day but in reality it was not an ordinary day, you see around 2pm today Ella was officially declared OURS! That's right no turning back now! We went back to the office and the 3 other families who received children were also there. We had pictures taken and a ceremony. Very different from the procedure when we adopted Sadena. We purchased a photo book that will be ready on Friday from the ceremony. We also took pics with Mike's phone but he and Ella are both asleep...at 6pm! So I will share those photos later.

So I know you are wondering how things are going?!? Things are going pretty good. 10 days until we leave for home and I would be lying if I said that we were not counting down. I miss our family, our couch, the bed, food and restaurants where people know what you are saying and I miss being able to pick up the phone and talk to a friend when you need to! Ella is doing great. She has bonded really well with Mike and will seek him out when crying. I am okay with her but that seems to be in short time frames. She would much prefer him right now. Please pray for Mike as he seems to be getting a cold and neither of us has really recovered this time from the jet leg...times are still off. Last night he was asleep by 7 and up at 4am.....and I definitely need him okay while she prefers him. Ok now for the pics.....