What a week waiting!

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So last week I went to the doctor to have a csyt looked at! The doctor took one look and said it had to come out!!!! So monday morning Kenneth and I headed to the Vanderbilt Bone and Joint Clinic in Franklin to have the surgery! Little did I realize when I woke up I would have a cast to my elbow!!!!!!! Sorry for the lack of posts this week but me and the cast are still learning to get along. On thursday I made a trip to homeland security in Memphis to look into what is taking FOREVER with our I 171H form. I am happy to report that this will all be cleared up on Monday or Tuesday and than we will just wait for the call to travel. We are super excited for the 5 families that will travel over Mother's Day!!! And in other news we did receive Tariku's birth certificate in email this week! So very very cool to see us listed as his parents! Soon my sweet boy soon you will be with us!

Wishing you a magical day~
Courtney

HAPPY EARTH DAY!

New Blog Button

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So earlier this week the amazing Becky Burk posted that the first 4 families to reply to her would get a custom blog button made! Well we were family #4 and are sooo excited to share with you what she created! Take a look over to the right and GRAB OUR BUTTON!! Thanks Becky we love it! Be sure to check out her site and grab a button of your own and support their next adoption to the Congo!

Wishing you a magical day~
Courtney

New Week - New News

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So as you know I was hoping and hoping and praying that I would be able to tell you today that we would be leaving for Africa on Saturday to get our sweet boy but alas GOD has other plans. After a few tears were shed I headed over to the Mihnovich's to see the amazing sibling set they brought home a little more than a month ago!It was AMAZING to see how far they had come. They were speaking whole sentences in English, they love love love riding their bikes outside and ate the infamous kid favorite "pizza" for lunch! I am so blessed to call them friends and cannot wait for Tariku to play with these amazing children. We will let you know as soon as we hear anything on our travel!

Wishing you a Magical Day~
Courtney

Prayers Please

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We found out last night that there is a chance we could travel on the 24th to get our sweet little boy! We ask that you pray for god to move the last mountains that need to be moved so that we may be with our little guy next week!

Wishing you a Magical Day~
Courtney

3 Weeks!

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It is a gorgeous gorgeous sunny day in middle tn! Kenneth is at work and I am working on cleaning my closet! As I was passing through the kitchen I stopped and was looking at the family calendar! Hard to believe that tuesday will be 3 weeks since we passed court! 3 weeks since Tariku James became ours officially and yet we wait! We are still waiting on our travel dates and we are still waiting on our last piece of paper to come from homeland security! If you have a spare moment today I ask that you pray for that last piece of paper to arrive and that we receive some travel dates soon! Well I best be getting back to the closet! Happy Sunday!!

Wishing you a Magical Day~
Courtney

April Photos

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There is a wonderful family in Ethiopia picking up their two children this week and they stopped off to see Tariku! Imagine my surprise when I woke up this morning to new photos of him in my inbox! Of course I just had to share them with you all!








Wishing you a Magical Day~
Courtney

Happy Easter

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From all of us at the Hammons House we wish you a wonderful Easter!




Wishing you a Magical Day~
Kenneth, Courtney
Oliver, Annie, Touchet and Pepsi