Adoption Update....now we wait

We are so excited to share that we have finished all of the doctors appointments, fingerprinting, online courses, letter gathering, and paper producing that we needed to accomplish for our home study.  Our social worker is finishing up compiling all of the home study, then she will mail it to Immigration.  They will look over it and then send us a form to be fingerprinted again.  After they review the fingerprints, they will send us an approval that will then be sent to Jamiaca along with all of our paperwork.  Then we wait. 
I have heard that Jamaica is very slow, but I am praying with all my might that we will be able to pick up our son next summer while I am on vacation so that I will have plenty of time to spend with him once we get home.  Neil is hoping he will be home by this Christmas.  :)
So, if you want, you can join us in praying that Jamaica will move swiftly on our behalf (I spoke with one family who had to wait 5 years when they were adopting from Jamaica!) or you can pray for our little man who we don't know yet.  But who is probably lying in a crib somewhere in Jamaica....please pray that he will be held, fed, cuddled, cared for, tickled, and loved until we can get to him.

Luke 17

In Luke 17 it tells a story of Jesus healing 10 lepers and only one of them comes back to Jesus to fall at his feet and tell him thank you for the miracle that he had performed.  When reading that story and witnessing the miracle that Jesus performed in healing my Bretty so completely, it made me want to make sure that we all spend time telling Jesus thank you. 
(We found out this week as we read the police report for the first time that the lady who hit Brett did not slam on the brakes until after she hit him.  She stated that she saw a shadow, saw something on her hood and then hit the brakes. Reading that was like getting a blow to the stomach, although we are grateful he was healed, it just reinforces how miraculous it is that Brett escaped the whole accident with no residual effects or damages.)
So, we decided to have an impromptu party to all talk about the accident and the miracles that God demonstrated and to all pray together to say "THANK YOU!!"

Then, we got to celebrate by eating pizza and swimming late into the night with all of Brett's friends.

Taking his first steps....again

Yesterday we visited Brett's orthopaedic surgeon again for his 12 week visit.  Brett was originally told that he would be able to walk at his 6 week visit but because the break was a really bad break and the doctor could tell that Brett was a really active boy, he ordered Brett to 6 more weeks of no weight bearing.  That was pretty hard for Brett to take, so coming up to his 12 week appointment he was completely preparing himself that he may get 6 more weeks of the wheelchair.  I think he was scared to hope because of the letdown he had at his 6 week appointment. 
So, when the doctor walked in the room yesterday, the first thing he said was, "Well, get up.  Let me see you walk."  Brett looked at me and smiled from ear to ear!  Then, he stood up and walked to the doctor. The doctor told Brett to take it slow because he had to cut through all of the muscle in his leg to implant the rod, and his leg has not been used in 3 months.  He has to wait 6 more weeks before he can run or play any sports, but nothing could hamper my joy when I watched my baby walk out of the hospital all on his own yesterday!!  Thank you Jesus!!