It is so hard to believe that one year has passed since our fundraiser. Last year at this time we had no idea what our son would look like. We had no idea how we would pay for his adoption. We were running around like crazy people trying to pull it off. We also had one child who had just recuperated from Swine Flu. It was a crazy but wonderful time.
Here I sit one year later having one of the cutest Ethiopian boys ever in our home and his adoption completely paid for. As a matter of fact, his adoption tax refund will pay for most of our second Ethiopian prince's adoption!! God has been so good!! Noah has been a perfect fit for our family. He is such a funny boy. The other night Doug was praying at dinner. A couple of seconds into the prayer, Noah begins to pretend like he was sleeping and starts snoring really loud. Needless to say we all lost it!
Noah also got to see snow for the first time yesterday. We didn't have much but he stood for probably a half an hour and watched it fall. I leave you with a picture of that shows his excitement.
One other thing. I will be updating my blog concerning our second adoption. Please pray. There is a little piece of paper that we need in order to have our home study update completed. It is taking four months as of now to get it. This is heartbreaking to us because it mean 9 months before our boy is home. Thanks so much!
This past Saturday was a beautiful fall day. My mom had called the day before to see if we would like to take Noah on the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad. Noah loves trains and I was so excited to watch him experience another first. He was a little apprehensive when the train first pulled in. After that, he was in heaven. Not only was he on a train but he was with his grandma and grandpa for the day. We had a great time. We walked around the historic city of Peninsula, had lunch, learned about beavers and then got on the train to head home. It was a beautiful day. Here are some pictures of our day. 
