Back from Ethiopia!

We got back from Ethiopia just over a month ago and words can not describe how awesome it was to finally meet B and hold her!!! She is the most amazing little girl! She is so affectionate, sweet and has a very fun-loving, easygoing personality. We arrived in Ethiopia on Wednesday, Feb. 23rd, in the evening. We were told on Thursday morning that our case had been submitted to court the day before- yeah!!! We were in complete shock, as we did not think they were going to be able to submit it for a few more months. Finding this out just minutes before meeting B for the very first time, made for a very emotional day... in a good way though :) They then told us they were going to see if the judge could have us come in to fulfill our court appearance while we were there, also great news! We ended up doing this on Monday, Feb. 28th. Our meeting with the judge only lasted a few minutes and went really well. She told us she would have our next court date scheduled (where our case will be reviewed and everything will hopefully be finalized). After a few weeks of being home, we found out that this court date would take place in the end of April, so we are anxiously waiting for this day to come now! If all goes well, we should hopefully be able to return 4-6 weeks after "passing" court for our embassy appointment & to pick her up. There can be any number of reasons why we would not "pass" court, which would then cause further delays until we ultimately do. We are missing her like crazy and just holding onto any hope that we can right now that we will not get caught in any further delays. Hoping the next update will be good news & she will officially be ours!