The Dream......

I'm holding on to a dream....I've shared this dream with Monica already (Monica is adopting two children that are in the Foster Home with Brody).
The dream...
It's December 22nd, we are flying to NY, JFK airport from San Francisco. When we land at JFK we race to our next gate in the International Terminal......Flight departing to Accra, Ghana. As we sit impatiently at the gate, Monica & James show up...... the four of us sit there so gitty about flying to Accra to meet our kids.
We land in Accra on December 23rd, late at night. My oh my is that a long flight.
On December 24th, we are picked up by Edward at our hotel, we drive for about 20 minutes to the home that our children have been patiently waiting for us for 2 months. We play in the yard, have a picnic and then it's time. Time for them to say good-bye to their foster parents, foster brothers & sisters....... time for them to go with us, their Mommy & Daddy..........
We drive back to the hotel, and arrange for Christmas Eve dinner by the pool (okay Christmas at 90 degrees - pretty crazy). The 7 of us enjoy our meal, and desserts, and then it's time for the kids to race to bed. They have never celebrated Christmas........ and all night we told stories of Santa, stories about our childhood, and how we couldn't sleep because Santa was coming the next morning...... But I think the kids were so mentally exhausted they fell right to sleep. Santa sure did come :-) and when Brody woke up he was in AHHHHH!!!!! we spent that morning just the 3 of us opening gifts, and just showing him how much he was loved......
Christmas we spent in the pool!!! And then we had Christmas dinner.
The next day was the day we've all really been anticipating.
The US Embassy in Accra, Ghana opens at 8am. So we planned on getting there early so we could try our hardest to get everything done that we needed to...... we were not in and out, but we were granted our Visa for Brody to come to the US on an IR4. We spent the 27th shopping in town for memorabilia for Brody to have as he get's older. Articles of clothing, and art..... we enjoyed the day just being together. On the 28th we took a day trip out to the Castles to see them, and get a sense of the history of Ghana.
On December 29th we all went to the airport, it was an adventure for Brody....he'd never been to the airport, or a plane for that matter. It was a bit nerve racking for him, but he just held our hands tight, and we got on the plane. He sat in the middle seat, but stretched across me to see outside..... take off was a sensation he'd never felt before......and he was not thrilled with it. As soon as we leveled off, out came the coloring books, those amused him for about 30 minutes. So the big treat came out. The DVD player, he watched "It's a Bugs Life" and LOVED it. About 3 hours into the flight he was so tired with all the excitement he fell asleep........

And then I woke up......

Okay so what a great dream huh?
That dream I'm still holding on to. As you know Brody moved to Foster Care on Friday. Daniel (attorney) should be going to court this week........ and our Adoption should be Final in Ghana.
That means we just need to work really hard on our side to get the US Embassy to approve the Visa for him to come home, sooner rather than later.

Please keep us in your thoughts, and fingers crossed that our dream comes true!!!!

Cheers ~
Julz
Mommy waiting for Brody to come home from Ghana