Things are picking up!

On Tuesday morning we received our second update on our baby Gideon complete with 4 new pictures. Again, sorry we can't post them here. Trust me, he's a cute one! He's about 5 months old and we could tell he's gotten bigger. The orphanage also included some written updates. Here's exactly what they said:

• Has grown in height and weight
• Trying to sit down but with support
• Likes to feed on mashed irish potatoes
• Has put on weight
• Loves to be carried a lot

We found out that the lawyer our agency works with in Uganda filed our paperwork with the courts this past Thursday. We were told to expect to find out about our court date in the next 2 weeks. Once we get our court date we will travel in a month!! Bottom line...we should be traveling in March...maybe even as early as the end of February! We are excited about the pace picking up.

The other new development is that we're seriously considering bringing the boys with us. We thought we had settled on leaving them here but it's starting to feel more and more like we should bring them. So much so, that we went today and applied for passports for all of them AND Mary has already talked to the principal at Jonah's school about the possibility of him being gone for a couple of weeks!

Keep praying for us as we begin lining out these final details and as we make these crucial decisions about our trip. Pray that everything would begin to fall right into place.
Thanks!