We had our adoption hearing this morning. It was very quick and at the most it may have lasted 10 minutes, including taking pictures. It was the final step. We just have to get some additional documents but besides that we are done!

Tesfahun is doing great. He is finally sleeping through the night but I still find myself waking up several times a night. I have been waking up at night for almost 4 months now, so I think I just need to get my body back on track. I actually find myself missing him at night.

He is als0 working very hard at crawling. He is able to get himself on all fours but still can't figure out how to get his hands and legs to work together.

I am now down to my last two weeks of my leave. I am trying to staying positive but I will miss him very much. I have had a great time at home but knew when we started our adoption journey that I would need to go back to work. Luckily, I love teaching!

We are looking forward to Christmas break. My husband will be taking the next two weeks off from work. I can't wait to spend time with my family!

He can stand!

Tesfahun is standing. He leans a little bit on the couch but is working hard to get his balance. Tesfahun and I have been talking about the importance of crawling and that he will need to crawl before he walk. I am pretty sure that he does not really care and just wants to get moving but the teacher in me does kind of care:)

My husband and I had our last meeting with our adoption social worker today. For the most part, everything is going really well. He still does not sleep at night (the little stinker). He is also pretty attached to me and thinks that he should cry when dad is holding him. We are working on this since his dad needs to be able to comfort him as well.

It is hard to believe that a little over two years we started the adoption process and now we are almost done. We just need to get through court in the US, get his passport, social security number, and certificate of citizenship and then we are done. The sad part is that these last few steps make take another year. Oh-well at least we have him now.