It’s hard to believe that I am already 16 weeks!  This pregnancy seems to be going much faster than Andy’s, probably because we are so busy.  I’m feeling pretty good these days.  I sleep every chance that I get and avoid beef as much as possible.  I haven’t felt the baby move yet, although I keep telling it to jump and leap so that I can feel it.  We have our next ultrasound on Sept. 5 and as long as the baby cooperates we should be able to find out if we’re having a boy or a girl.  I’m anxious to know so that I can start calling “it” by name and make plans for the nursery.

Yesterday while I was eating my breakfast, Eden turned to me and said, “Mommy, I’m not an angel.”  Thinking that someone had said this to her regarding bad behavior, I asked who told her this.  She then informed me that God told her.  While she was riding her bike He told her that the angels are SO busy and that they are always praising the Lord.

It was a very enlightening discussion; I can’t believe how grown up she is!  I can’t think of any other explanation for her newly acquired knowledge as we have never discussed angels before and I can’t think of any movies or songs we’ve listened to recently that might have brought this on.  I’m so thankful that she shares these things with me and for her sweet heart.  I also think that I will encourage a lot more bike riding from now on!

Caroline from Little Angels came to our house today for a home visit.  She arrived around 10:30 and went over all of our paperwork and watched the kids play for a bit.  Then we answered a lot of questions for our joint interview, had lunch, and then each did an individual interview and concluded with a quick tour of the house.  It went well and she seemed happy with the information we gave her.

As always there was a mix of good news and bad news.  She is going to try to complete her report quickly so that the committee can review (and hopefully approve) Eden’s adoption this month as they only meet twice a month.  She was not able to get the district children’s officer to write a letter, but she was able to experience some of the frustration that we have had with them and said she would include their lack of help in her report.

We have a few things to gather for her which we will hopefully be able to do this weekend or Monday and then she can proceed.  Overall, we felt very good about her visit and really appreciated her time and help as well as the information that she gave us.

On Wednesday we are traveling to Nairobi for the day to meet with someone at the embassy regarding Eden’s visa.  We are anxious about this meeting and hope that they are able to answer our questions and give us good news.  It all hangs on whether our guardianship order from 2009 gives us legal and physical custody and whether the courts had the right to give us guardianship.  I’m not exactly sure how we prove those things, but hopefully it will be clear to the embassy that everything has been done properly.  If they determine that everything is fine we can apply for her visa in October.  If they think that things are not correct, the 24 month waiting period would begin when the adoption is complete.

Please pray for safe travels for Ben and me, that the kids will do well without us for the day and that the embassy will grant Eden an immigrant visa in October!

Ben, Eden, Andy and I are very excited to let you all know that soon we will have another Wolfe in the family!  Baby #3 is due January 28, 2012!  I have been much more sick than I was with Andy and have struggled with my limited food options here when certain things sound good to me.  I’m now 13 weeks and still can’t stand the sight of raw meat or the smell of meat cooking.  I have been able to eat chicken again over the last couple of weeks as long as someone else prepares it.  We’re all hoping that I feel better soon!

Eden is very excited and has already told us several times that she is sick because she has a baby in her belly.  She thinks the baby is a boy and likes to pat my tummy and give it kisses.  Andy doesn’t really care, but if you ask where the baby is he will pull up his shirt and show you his belly.

We have had a couple of ultrasounds already and everything looked good.  We’re planning on having another one in a few weeks so that we can find out if we’re having a boy or a girl.

This puts a lot of hiccups in our plans for coming home from Kenya.  We really need to leave by November in order to be home before my third trimester but it might be hard to get the visa for Eden to travel back to the US by that time.  Please pray with us that we can all go home together in October or November and for an easy pregnancy and healthy baby!

Andy is growing up way too fast.  He is getting quite independent and adventuresome in his old age.  He loves to “wrestle” with Eden and Ben and enjoys playing outside.  He has started squealing a lot which is hard on the ears, but it’s squeals of joy so it’s still pretty cute. Andy is very funny about being told “no”.  He hates it and it starts a complete meltdown when he can’t do something he wants to do.  However, he normally sits on the floor crying for a few seconds, then comes running over to Ben or me for hugs.  He is still a good snuggler and has gotten much better about the hitting.  He really loves his Twiga and carries it around with him so that he can quickly curl up with it on the floor when he needs a little love.  🙂

I recently took the kids down to the IU office to weigh them.  Andy weighed about 30 lbs and Eden weighed about 28!  I can barely carry the two of them together anymore, even though they both still want picked up a lot.  We had to move a chair in to Andy’s room for bedtime because he is too heavy to hold while we sing and pray with him.

Andy’s favorite toys right now are cars and trucks.  He can find a car or truck in pretty much any book and then just wants to stare at the picture.  He loves to drive his Tonka cars through their little garage and has a couple of big trucks that he pushes all around the house.  He also likes to spot them when we’re out driving so most of our car rides are filled with Andy yelling from his carseat, “Car!  Truck!  Bus!”.  He is still very happy and easy going and we’re enjoying this fun stage.