The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

It has been quite an eventful first week home as the Hollomon three.

The Bad and the Ugly: We touched down at JFK last Saturday morning and stopped to get some food first thing. When Chris went to pay, his debit card was declined. After a quick call to the bank, we discovered Chris' debit card number had been stolen and someone in our hometown went on a many hundreds of dollars shopping spree while we were in Ethiopia. The card was flagged by the bank because of some of their purchases. We're working to get that resolved. Then Sunday we discovered our refrigerator was broken, so we took all of our food to the church freezer. What are the odds that the church freezer would break? I'm not great at math, but it happened. And now today, our van died. Then within the hour we totaled our other car. So, as a word of caution, please steer clear of us or you may be struck by lightning.

The Good: In the midst of all of our drama, getting over some minor illnesses plus jet lag and time changes, Myles is adjusting really well. I'll post more about him later as well as our trip. Please pray for us!!!

And We're Off!

Well, here we are. It's overwhelming to think that we'll be holding Myles in our arms in just two days. We are so thankful for all of your prayers and support. Please continue to pray for travel mercies and a great bonding time as a family.

A BIG THANK-YOU to all of you who are helping around the house while we are away — all the house sitters, house cleaners, dog sitters, meal preparers, curtain sewers :), and everyone else who will be helping out around the abode while we travel. It is a huge weight off of our minds! We appreciate you all!

The next time we see you, this Hollomon two will be three!

Want to Meet Myles?

We get back to Nashville on Saturday, September 19th, via Delta Airlines Flight 6489 from JFK to Nashville at 5:10 p.m. We would love to see you at the airport!

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Less Than Two Weeks

I must admit, when I first heard it was going to be five weeks until we could travel, I was totally disappointed. But boy, have we needed this time! We've had lots of little hiccups along the way. Now here we are, two weeks minus a day until we leave for Ethiopia and two weeks plus a day until we have Myles in our arms.

This fact definitely became more real to me this week. Our sweet friend Kat, new mom to TWINS! from Ethiopia, sent us this new pic of Myles this week. He's so grown up! And he has hair! I guess this means I need to go buy some shampoo. :)

We are busy finishing all of our last-minute house projects (nothing major, just shampooing carpets, touching up paint, and cleaning out closets and cabinets to make room for baby stuff). And I've been working on washing baby clothes, sterilizing bottles, paperwork, and packing. I LOVED finally being able to take tags off the little baby clothes we've gotten and washing them. I'm sure that will get old soon enough. :)

More soon!

It's Official! We're Parents!!!

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...that today is our day.