The Circus- Again

We headed to Ringling Brothers again this year, not once but twice. Since Kevin seems to know all the right people, we got free tickets to the Verizon Center and the Patriot Center. We took Gavin with us to the Verizon Center. This was JT's first time of "inviting" a friend to an event. It was also Gavin's first time going without his parents or with a family member to an event. He did great and loved the circus. JT cried at the beginning when they shot fireworks. He is having an issue with fire lately. We brought him to a Japanese restaurant (where they cook in front of you) and he talked about the fire place the whole time and said he didn't like fire. Strange, since Kevin and I are and were both pyromaniacs. After the first cry which didn't last long, he loved the elephants and tigers. We had a lovely, clean, lunch on the floor of the Verizon Center. On the way home Gavin and JT discussed what they liked best about the circus.
The next week headed to the Patriot Center. Same circus. The Harrison family joined as well. Jack enjoyed the circus this year and didn't need his ears filled with napkins like last year. The elephants were as cute as ever. My favorite. JT is still talking about the elephants and keeps saying Zing Zang Zoom. That was this years theme song. We look forward to going to the circus next year.

A Bump In The Road- Changes.....

The new news is this: as of last week, we now have to make the trek to Ethiopia 2 times! We will actually have to go appear before the court to state that we want to adopt our son and then leave him at the orphanage and return home. Then we can go back when we have an embassy date to actually bring him home.
The bad news is well, there goes another couple thousand dollars for travel and we have to leave our son in the orphanage after meeting him. The good news is we will get to meet our son sooner than we thought. We will be able to bring home lots of pictures and videos to show JT, which will make this whole process a little more real for him. We have not said anything to him about having a brother. The other good part is that our son will officially be an American Citizen when we bring him home and we will not have to re-adopt him after being back in the U.S.
We talked to our social worker the other day and she mentioned we should be getting our referral soon, whatever that means! We will keep you posted!