Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Our boys....


Wow, thanks to everyone for the great comments and congratulations! ...and thank to those who have been e-mailing me constantly begging for more details...I love it! Sorry I have taken so long to post...most of my time is now taken up staring a photos our our little boys - and watching the awesome DVD of them created by our agency! Hurry up court, hurry up, I have some boys to bring home!

I cannot share too much information or pictures, but the twins are both boys and will turn a year old next month. Plus, if you know me in "real life" or live within a 12 hour driving distance, I have probably rushed over to your home, unannounced, to show you the pics! A very wonderful coincidence is that they were actually born on the day that we submitted our application to Holt!!! We are keeping their Ethiopian names, but until we bring them home we'll just be calling the A & N here on the blog. They are little guys, pretty small for 11 months, but happy and healthy and ready to be little Schmidts!

I'll keep everyone updated as our process progresses, but basically we are waiting for the Ethiopian courts to re-open after the rainy season. Rumor has it this may happen sometime around the first week of October, but nothing written in stone yet. Once the courts re-open, we'll get an assigned court date and once we pass (some times it takes more than once), we'll travel over to meet and bring home the world's most beautiful little baby boys. Home by Thanksgiving would be awesome, but probably Christmas more realistically.

So...right now we are busy preparing our home for A & N - finishing the remodel, registering for baby items, etc. Wish us luck, and a speedy process!!!

P.S. -They aren't identical, but share a common cuteness!

10 comments:

Mary Beth said...
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Mary Beth said...

Sorry, somehow I deleted my first comment.
Congratulations on your twin boys! I'm not exactly sure how I found your blog, but my husband and I just started the process about a month ago to adopt a baby boy from Ethiopia through Holt. It has been great to see your time line and wonderful news. God bless you! I hope they will be in your arms very soon!
Mary Beth Picker
http://www.caseypicker.com

The Coys said...

Congratulations to you! I am thrilled that you finally received a match (or matches!). I'm envious that my sister got to see a pictures too! Hopefully we can when we visit in October. Soak in the excitement!

Anonymous said...

So great to find your site. We just received a referral for twin boys from ET, also! Ours little guys are fourteen months, and also quite small. We were told that our estimate travel is also Christmas... who knows, it may be a twinny holiday! Again, congratulations! Keep us posted!

Kerry said...

Thank you so much for the update. I dont know how much longer I can wait to see those pictures. I may take a road trip hehe.
twin boys are the most wonderful joy, everyday is more fun than the last. I PROMISE!!!!!!

Let us know if you need anything and we will for those courts to open soon..

Ann said...

Congrats! I have to agree with you! They are some of the cutest boys ever!
Can't wait to follow along on your journey. Enjoy all those projects/shopping MOMMY!

Christina said...

Wow, congratulations! I also have to laugh. We just switched over to Holt for our second adoption, and I found your blog by doing a Google search. I know most of the blogs on your blog roll. Isn't it funny how small the blogging community is? I can't wait to follow your story!

I also wondered if you'd be willing to give me some advance heads up on dossier requirements for Holt. If so, shoot me a comment on my blog and I'll figure out a way to give you my email.

Cheers!

Erin Sager said...

Congrats, hope you get them home soon......

Anonymous said...

Sunshine can you say goosebumps!! Every time I get on your blog I get goosebumps!! I love the pictures!! they are so cute! I got teary eyed when your mom showed me the pics! Anyway keep me posted and I love ya!
love jamie

luna said...

a little late here, but just wanted to say congratulations on your wonderful referral!