Katie, Tim & Cale Nester...

...would love it if you would follow along as we record our adoption journey. We feel blessed to be called to adopt a son from Ethiopia!
About our journey:
- We requested "either" gender, 0-18 months.
- We received our referral of Megersa on Nov 5, 2009; he was 2 months old.
- Megersa's name is pronounced "Meh-gur-sah."
- Our case was submitted on Dec 18, 2009 and our court date was Jan 27, 2010. We were fortunate to pass court on the first try!
- Tim's mom and I left for Ethiopia on March 8, 2010 for an Embassy appointment of March 10, 2010. We passed!
- Megersa met the rest of his family in the US 3.13.10.
- When we re-adopt him, his full legal name will be Megersa Jace Nester.

Thursday, November 12, 2009

I can't even stand it!!


Megersa baby, you are JUST ADORABLE!!!!!!!
I have another picture and it only proves my point further!
I CANNOT EVEN STAND HOW CUTE HE IS!
I sooooo wish I could post pictures of him for all to see.
Don't worry folks, it should only be a few months longer!
Today marks 1 week of waiting for Megersa. The week has FLOWN by.
Every day I get more and more excited.
I got a new diaper bag from Freecycle.
My friend got me an Ergo baby carrier (great for bonding!) on Craigslist.
We took down Cale's crib, and moved the rocking chair into Megersa's room in preparation for his arrival. Note: Megersa's room still needs LOTS of work! :)
I've been putting together his welcome bag, and buying him warm outfits (for his impending arrival in early March, maybe??).
We got Megersa's paperwork in the mail today. We'll have to sign our name another hundred times, but this time, it's to state that we are going to be parents to Megersa Timothy Nester. It was surreal seeing his name on paper.
No, we're not giving him the middle name Timothy (Cale already has it, and we're not doing repeats). In Ethiopia, a child (boy or girl) will take the father's name as his/her 2nd name (not sure if it's considered a "last name" there. So on the file, it says that we agree to parent Megersa Timothy Nester...etc, etc. :)
It's all so very exciting! We'll send them back in the mail on Monday most likely, when we have his welcome bag ready.
On another note, I had another consultation with a different doctor to discuss Megersa's file. It was a phone interview, so it wasn't as thorough as perhaps it might be in person (but this specific consultation I was told would cost $93, which is why we chose another doc).
He seemed to be more concerned about what he saw in the file. We chatted for awhile about his concerns.
It did not sway our decision (nor was that what he was trying to do), but it IS getting me to pray HARDER for our little guy. I would covet prayers from everyone else as well! I'm not going to go into specifics, just please pray that any issues are resolved and that Megersa is 100% healthy by the time we pick him up!
It's a tall order considering where he's at in life right now, but our God is a BIG God!
Thank you to all who have been following our journey. It feels so wonderful to be able to share this experience!

2 comments:

Charity Hildebrand said...

Congrats on your referral! How exciting! We are also with AAI and our Dossier is (hopefully) getting sent to Ethiopia really soon :)

Elizabeth Isaak said...

What doctor(s) have you consulted with? We're so happy for you guys!!! Myles can't wait to meet his new Ethiopian friend! :-) Maybe they can chat about the good old days at Wanna!