As I often say, adoption is an emotional roller coaster for adoptive parents.

The highs are high, the lows are low and the turns and changes come fast and furious, sometimes without any warning.

Right now we are at the sickening, nauseating part of the ride, where you are hanging; waiting and waiting to reach the top of the climb.

Tonight I am having a hard time focusing on much, as I know in just a few short hours, our case will be heard in the Ethiopian courts. If all goes well, tonight while we are in bed, Solomon Tsega will officially become our son and when I wake up tomorrow morning I will get the most wonderful of Christmas presents. If the courts find something missing or insufficient in our paperwork, then we will be assigned another court date, and the waiting will start all over again.

I am trying to be faithful and think positively, and yet at the same time I am trying to prepare myself for the possibility that we won't pass court the first time around. It is kind of hard to do both at the same time.

I have no idea how I will sleep tonight, and I know I will be glued to the phone and the computer until we get news. Our agency has said they will let us know as soon as they hear the outcome of the court hearing, but communication with Ethiopia is often unreliable. I am hoping we won't have to wait on pins and needles, hanging there at the top of the roller coaster track, for too long.

Either we will get wonderful news, and see the end of this roller coaster ride in near-by site, or we will drop down into a spiral and start another nauseating climb on the adoption roller coaster ride. I sure am hoping for the first of those scenarios. I am ready to get off of this ride.

I will share news tomorrow as soon as we get it, one way or another. If it is good news, I will be allowed to finally share pictures of Solomon, as he will legally be our baby boy. Stay tuned.

*Picture from Liquid Library