Today I was driving with Tadios and he noticed a tree that had already turned for fall. He shouted, “Mom, look that tree it’s a rainbow!” Then it came to me that for Tad this is not normal, trees stay green all year they don’t turn colors, he has never experience this new season called Fall!
There have been many new seasons in our life lately! More than most families could handle I would say! LOL Tad has been apart of our family now 7 months and we all would agree we don’t remember life without him. It’s as if he has always been here. We moved about a month ago downtown and absolutely love our new community and home. It has been a transition but a wonderful one! Zadyn started Kindergarten, and Tad started preschool. I thought I wasn’t going to be super emotional but when my shy Ethiopian boy walked into his preschool room, and greeted everyone with a huge smile and said, “ HI! I am Tad, what is your name?” And ran to give his teacher a hug, I burst into tears! My little boy had transitioned beautifully. So many changes some fast some slow. Just like the leaves we forget to see the gradual transition of things in our life. Sometimes they just happen because we forget to see things with eyes like Tad new ones. We miss out on the excitement of the slow transition of the colors changing and merging us into this new season called Fall!
This week we received an answer to prayer that has been 6 years in the making. One that has taken many years to see change and now we are finally seeing the colors of this coming into our lives! We as a family yet again enter on another journey to Ethiopia together! This time to finally meet this little sister that Awan since she was 2 years old has been praying for. I remember her so small praying her sweet words, “ Be with my sister.” Awan. You don’t have a sister. “Yes, my sister in Africa.” She prayed these words for 4 more years until we as a family made the decision to adopt two children from Africa. Tad just happen to come to us first! But Tuesday this prayer was answered. We got to see for the first time Awan’s sister in Africa. She is a beautiful wide-eyed 4 month old little girl. Words can say how excited we are! We have decided to call her Samiah. I love one of the photos her eyes are as wide as they can be she is in complete awe of the camera flash! lol We bursted out laughing at her the poor thing, being humiliated at age 4 months! Zadyn thinks it's her response to having him as a brother! We laughed and laughed!
We now wait! We don’t expect a court date till after the first of the year but we don’t know for sure. We will travel to Ethiopia the first trip to meet her and go to court, and visit we hope her area and Tad’s area out of the city which we have yet to do. Once we have approval at court and she is legally ours. I can't post photos until then. So no photos! Sorry! Then we wait for an Embassy Appointment, that could be 4 months or as we have known others who have waited much longer. So I guess all in all she will get here when she is good and ready! LOL We in the mean time will continue to poor out love for our other three kids and anticipate the changes that will redefine us as a family tree once again!
