Our house is beginning to show signs of a new era. Bins of child paraphernalia have replaced what once was the storage space for our DVDs, photo albums and flower vases. My clutter-free existence is getting crowded with hand-me-downs and donations for the orphanage that have been flooding in. They are coming …
Today we got their birth certificates. They read:
Asnake Nathan Hagerty
&
Meskerem Nathan Hagerty
They have our name. Ethiopian convention puts the father’s name as their middle and last name. While this is only temporary until we change their names to Eden Meskerem Hagerty and Caleb Asnaka Hagerty, reading this text on the page stirred us both.
Caleb’s birthday is June 10th, 2007. The same as my mom’s.
Eden’s birthday is September 25th, 2005. The same as my sister’s and my grandfather’s.
(Ethiopians don’t celebrate birthdays so it is likely these dates were assigned somewhere in the adoption process as a necessary requirement for a birth certificate.)
Think the Lord knew that before they were born they were destined to be ours?
wow. I’m almost speechless…(and that’s rare.) Amen.
wow– that’s amazing– thanks for the update– I’ve been so eager to know any new details!
you actually have their birth certificates – Great news
OHHH!!! Isn’t seeing their first names w/your last name the most amazing thing ever?! And knowing their birthdays… It makes it so real after all of this waiting! We are getting SO ridiculously excited for you guys!!!
What a great day!!!!
chills
[...] was. We read “6-10-07″ as June 10th…when it was actually, October 6th. Hence, this post–now not quite accurate Oh, and in that post we mention that his birthday was the same as my Mom’s…no longer [...]