Every tree limb overhead seems to sit and wait, while every step you take becomes a twist of fate.
Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road...

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5.25.2010

We Passed! She Passed!

We are hers and she is ours forever. Third try was a charm.
Or maybe it was the fervent prayers I sent up from her side of the ocean.

I was sitting at dinner last night in Gulu (Uganda) with two other women.
Eating fried rice, chapatis and fresh avocado. Fighting a very nervous stomach.
Cell phone on table.

I couldn't keep my eyes off the clock and couldn't stop calculating the time it would take for an email from Ethiopia to go to our coordinator in Wyoming and then to Jeremy to get back to me via text in Uganda.

Then I got it. The text. My new favorite word: PASSED!

I wept with huge relief. Stomach instantly better. Appetite suddenly huge.

She is a perfect tiny ball of sunshine. She is radiant. She is the happy one.
She is OURS.

~A

26 comments:

  1. WWWWAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

    I'm teary eyed too! So happy for you! She is GORGEOUS! What a bundle of cuteness!!!!!

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  2. Crazy happy for you. She is just so precious. I cannot wait to see you two together. Soon!!

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  3. She is ADORABLE!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!

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  4. HUGE congratulations!
    How old is she?! We're going to South Africa to get our second little girl on Thursday, we meet her on Monday. She'll turn one on Saturday! They look to be about the same age?!?!?!

    SOOOOOO happy for you!!!!!!!!!!
    What a relief!

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  5. Huge Congratulations!!!! The third one was a charm.

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  6. OH MY!!!!!!!!!!!! Cannot believe it!!!!!! (I mean, I can, obviously, it's just such a wonderful shock!)

    Congratulations - THRILLED for you. Just THRILLED. Take that, election week!

    And by the way - Cute, cute cute!!!

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  7. Congratulations...so happy for all you! Third time was a charm for us too!

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  8. She is beautiful! phew... This is the good stuff!

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  9. And looks like Camilo's age who turns 1 this Thursday.

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  10. Morgan just called my cell phone and after "Hello" on my end, all I heard was "DERARTU PASSED! DERARTU PASSED!" I came straight home to read it myself. What unbelievably great news! I send much love to all.

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  11. So happy for you both!! What wonderful news :) She is adorable!!

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  12. WOOHOO! So excited for you guys :) :)

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  13. Beautiful, perfect precious baby girl!!!! CONGRATS!!!!!!

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  14. Oh Happy Family Day!!! Brian took the cutest pictures/videos of her last week. I can't wait till you get to ET!!!

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  15. Congratulations, MOMMY! Here's to the beginning of a wonderful, rewarding, joyful adventure in parenting! A gift from God. It will be amazing finally getting to hold her for the first time! So many fun firsts to look forward to!

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  16. Yay!! so happy for you and Jer!!!

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  17. Oh Amanda she is just beautiful! So happy for you all and I look forward to meeting her eventually--we still gotta get together! :)

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  18. So, so excited for you! She is absolutely beautiful! What a sweet little face! :) Love ya mama!

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  19. The great-auntie and great-uncle are so happy!!!! We can hardly wait to see her - and you guys in Florida! This doesn't mean you'll stop blogging, does it? Hope not! Love you!

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  20. Oh, wow! She's ADORABLE! Amazing. Exciting. Super crazy happy for you. She looks like such a happy baby.

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  21. Congratulations. She is beautiful.

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J and I have been married for almost 15 years. We have shared many adventures and a lot of watershed moments. In 2009 I began blogging and in 2010 we adopted our daughter from Ethiopia. In March of 2012 we began the process to adopt a little boy from Haiti. This blog follows the many twists and turns on the road to our two children and beyond.

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