MOMMY...AGAIN!!!

The last week of October, Jeff traveled back to Ethiopia for our court date for Braxton. Sadly, we did not pass court on October 29th... our MOWA letter was missing. (Those of you who have adopted from ET know all about this...) the judge was very nice, explained to Jeff that she would hear the case again on November 4th and would let us know. Jeff got to spend some time with Braxton before rushing home to see Micah off on his first Halloween... On Thursday morning, at 9:23am we received word that our MOWA letter had arrived and Braxton's case PASSED COURT! WOOT WOOT! Braxton Powell Whitaker... coming to America (hopefully) by January 2011.

Micah's first Halloween!

Halloween was a big success... despite the fact that he could not actually "fly" in his Buzz Lightyear costume (and trust me he tried... thankfully I caught him before he made it off the top step) Micah had a blast! I even doned sneakers to take him Trick or Treating. Saying "Trick or Treat" to Micah meant "Hello can I come into your home and rummage through your candy bowl until I find what I want?" and that is exactly what he did. Thankfully our neighbors love him. After about 4 houses though, he was done and ready to go home and eat candy. Mommy, however, was really interested in snagging a few more Hershey Dark Chocolate bars and tried to convince him to enjoy the evening a bit longer. This resulted in a major meltdown and I ended up having to carry him for a few more homes (Thank God I did wear the sneakers!) My favorite memory of the night.... when we got home and got PJs on.. Micah came into my bedroom, crawled up on the bed with me and dumped out all of his candy. "Mommy I share with you o.k.?" How sweet! He hates chocolate so I had to help him out by getting rid of a few bits of it (Daddy took care of the rest. haha).