Spudster again!

We were blessed to receive another update from a traveling family: "I just wanted you to know that I have seen Spud several times. He looks great, just very shy around us. He is very loved and very cared for by the nannies. He seems very happy with them. I even saw him out playing in the courtyard with a ball and several other little boys around his age. He let me come up and talk to him today, just wasn't ready for me to give him a hug yet. But, I told him mommy was coming soon and the nanny understood me and told him, too." Isn't that fabulous?

WMWM is QUITE alarmed that it may be a soccer ball Spud is playing with in the courtyard at HOH. We are not a soccer family -- WMWM's theory on soccer is "it's not a sport if you don't use your hands." Of course, this is from a man whose theory on the Grand Canyon is that "it's just a big hole in the ground."


WMWM and I have been in negotiations about me going to Ethiopia before him and the kids to begin bonding with Spud. His concerns have included my safety and health. However, the possibility that Spud is playing soccer may have sealed the deal for me. WMWM has instructed me to pack a baseball. It's obvious where my heath and safety really rate, huh?

WMWM took a l-o-n-g time to warm up to this adoption thing (years and years), and when he finally agreed I was worried he was doing it for me. The day we received Spud's referral and saw his picture, WMWM declared Spud's middle name would be "Banks" after Ernie Banks of the Cubs. I wasn't worried after that.

Thank you ALL for keeping us in your prayers.

Peace.