Jacob Playing Peek-A-Boo

Video of Jacob at a summer water party

Jacob over the past few weeks.

What a cutie!











Trying on his daddy's combat boots....do you think they fit?

Stll no light at the end of the tunnel...

We had our court hearing/meeting yesterday and unfortunately the judge decided that we needed ANOTHER "FINAL" hearing in DECEMBER. Yes you did just read December. We have no idea why we have to wait until December other than that is when the judge said so that is what we have to do. Evidently during this time another form has to be filled out by our attorney and submitted for the adoption but we can't get any answers as to what that means and why it would take 6 months. I can't even begin to describe how Wayne and I feel right now. We are sad, upset, angry, frustrated, and numb all at the same time. We continue to believe that God is in control of this adoption and even when we don't understad we have to trust. I will tell you that we are tested each day with patience, understanding, and trust. It is our faith that has gotten us this far and it is our faith that will keep us going to the end. Our hearts break for Madison because she is still in the orphanage with no end in sight.
Please continue to pray for us, Madison, and this process.
We could really use a Miracle at this time.

Court Hearing is Today!

Our court hearing for the adoption case is today in Guatemala It is going to be at 11am (est) time. We are not sure what this hearing means but feel that it is for the judge to agree that the adoption can continue since it was kicked out of PGN. As soon as we hear something about the outcome I will post.

Thanks to everyone for your prayers.

Jacob turns 1!

On Thursday, April 30, we celebrated Jacob's first bithday. He had a very long but good day. Here are some pictures from that day. (the pictures are in no certain order)

Final does NOT mean Final!

We received an email from our coordinator tonight about our case. Evidently she received two emails from Walter (our attorney's assistant) stating that he was going to try to get us some updated pictures of Madison. We are so happy to hear this and pray that he can follow through. We miss her so much and are wanting to see how she has changed over the past several months. The second part of the email was to say that our court date on June 24 is a final court hearing for our case in the court system BUT that our case will have to go back to PGN after that. We don't know why it has to go back to PGN because in the past if your case was in the court system you just bypassed PGN but now that is not the case. Nobody seems to know what to expect once our case goes back to PGN but Walter did say in his email that the courts have more power than PGN now and so what the Judge says should hold. All we know is that Final does NOT mean final in Guatemala.
We ask that you all keep praying for this adoption to be completed in the very near future and that once our case goes back to PGN it will be rushed through.
It has now officially been 2 years since we signed with the adoption agency and first fell in love with Madison through her referral picture.

News....

Jacob is officially WALKING!!! He has been "cruising" around things for months now and has taken a few steps but last week he started walking farther and farther without help.


Adoption news: The latest information is that our attorney will not tell anyone anything about our case except that everythng is good it's just that it is taking a long time. He told our coordinator that our case is still scheduled for court on June 24 and that it is a final hearing. We are praying that final in the Guatemala court system means the same as here in our court system. We are not allowed to go to this hearing, but instead get to wait and hope someone lets us know the outcome.

Happy Easter!

Jacob's firsts...

Here are some pictures of Jacob's first time swimming and his first Easter egg hunt.