little update

I know, it's been awhile. And most of my faithful readers (all three of you!) know how things are progressing but at the benefit of new readers (ok, two...), I want to catch up on the blog.

This journey has been indeed full of ups and downs. The same night that we recieved the call about Atou we were asked to adopt another little baby boy. We felt like we must move forward. We can't run and hide or put our heads in the sand...another child need us to stand for him. So we called the next day and said, yes, we will take him. About ten days later we got our first set of pictures. He is adorable. He is currently about 6-9 months. He officially bears our last name as the adoption is complete by the DRC. His name is Isaiah Matthew Mardoche...Mardoche is his Congolese name. It derives from Mordicai and means, "warrior." gotta love that! And our little warrior...we found our yesterday...sucks his thumb! Love it!