Thanksgiving

So we definitely had much to be thankful for this Thanksgiving. Finding out that we passed court and that Cullen was legally or son three days before Thanksgiving was bittersweet!

We celebrated with my family in Washington DC where my sister is in medical school at Georgetown and then on to West Virginia to my brothers house to spend the rest of the weekend relaxing and enjoying time with the family (sadly minus my sister who needed to keep studying).

Here are some of the highlights of our long weekend!

Celebrating passing court with my family eating traditional Ethiopian cuisine.

(Clockwise: Brooke, Jeff, Tessa, Jair, Becca, Jake, and Pam)

Tractor ride in WV with cousins Eli and Sarah

Tessa driving the tractor with Auntie Pam!

I also want to apologize for being MIA these past days since passing court. I can't believe how long it took me to post these photos! We have been super busy shopping, packing, and trying to have as normal of a Christmas season for Tessa as we can as there is a good chance we could be traveling over Christmas to finally bring Cullen home. I will be sure to post as soon as we have official news of our travel dates. But for now, we are still waiting. Our agencies staff in ET is gathering paperwork, getting birth certificates and passports issued, etc. Once this is done we will be formally invited to travel to bring him home!! Hooray! We are hoping for news by tomorrow!!