I was really hoping for Mother's Day I would get a birth certificate, but at this point I know that is not possible. In fact, I received an e-mail from our specialist and it sounds like we might be in for a longer wait then they initially told us. With the drought in Ethiopia the capital city only has about an hour of power a day, making it extremely difficult to print birth certificates and passports. I'm still hoping for the best!
I don't know who wrote this poem but I love it! I also like the song,
http://www.adecmusic.com/worship/kisses_in_the_wind.htmYou are here each day with me, at least that's how it seems.
I know you wonder where I am... what's taking me so long.
But remember my child, I love you so and God will keep you strong.
May God hold you in His hand until I can be with you.
I promise you, my darling, I'm doing all that I can do.
Very soon, you'll have a family for real, not just pretend.
But for tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.
May God wrap you in His arms and hold you very tight.
And let the angels bring the kisses that I send to you each night.
Now go outside and feel the breeze and let it touch your skin...
Because tonight, just as always, I blow you kisses in the wind.
This is just outside the place we ate at, it was a beautiful day!
Cullen loves to race, he talked both Patrick and his friend into racing him around the house.
This is Cullen's little jeep that doesn't run because we need a new battery, which is probably a good thing after seeing him try to steer his bike. Cullen still likes to take this for a ride daily and since it doesn't run I am usually the one that ends up pushing him around the yard. Fortunately, today I didn't have to push. Cullen found it pretty funny that he ran over Patrick's foot. After Patrick left he kept telling me, "I go bump and Patrick say ouch" then he would kill himself laughing.
When I started to re-do Cullen and Geremu's new bedroom we decided it would probably be a good time to move Cullen from his crib to a big boy bed. When we put Cullen's new bed in his room we also put a toddler bed in there for Geremu. Cullen never had a toddler bed but has sort of taken a liking to Geremu's. Once to twice a week he likes to plant his butt in Geremu's bed and sleep there. I have told him many times that it's Geremu's bed and he always responds with, "I just keepin' it warm". Last night he fell out of Geremu's bed and never even woke up. So I just went into his room and covered him up on the ground, I was afraid if I attempted to move him then he would wake up. Anyways, this morning when Nick went to shower he must have woken Cullen because when he got out of the bathroom Cullen had moved himself back into his bed and had fallen back asleep.
Although it may look like Cullen is getting pony rides around the yard from Nick what is actually happening is Nick is picking dandelions (and Cullen is riding along). This may be the craziest of my husbands traits- he doesn't like to use weed killer or anything to fertilize the lawn because it can pollute the earth but he is willing to spend minutes and sometimes hours picking weeds- I'm not kidding. 
