The Fanelli Family
As most of you know, today was our court date. Our documents came in at 11:20 on the train and our court time was 11:30. We got to the court house at...11:30 on the dot. When Tyler saw Zach, it was one happy reunion. The court was already in session for another American family, so we waited about 30 minutes. When it was our turn, we all filed in to the judges office (there were 16 of us I think!) and we went through the proceedings. Tom petitioned, they asked us a few questions, each of the education directors spoke, each of the orphanage directors spoke and then Tom petitioned again and we asked to change their names and then we stepped out while a decision was made (they had to have some time to type the official document). About 5 minutes later we were called back in and the judge read the decision (it was GOOD) and we are now in the 10 day waiting period. We pick up the boys and they are forever ours starting on December 16th. We still have a few days of paperwork after that but we will soon be on the downward side of the hill. And we will soon have two boys! And may we present...The Fanelli Family!!! P.S. We found out today that our younger son...Zach - is about 2 inches taller than Tyler!!! Zach is on the left(in front of me), Ty is on the right (in front of Tom). Of course they are only 10 months apart - but Zach - who looked so small to us, is actually quite a bit bigger than his big brother (but, Tom says, Tyler is stronger!)
posted by Falling for Ty and Zach @ 10:05 AM
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20 Comments:
PRAISE GOD!
I have been checking the blog page all morning - and finally the news we have been waiting on and praying for - the Fanelli Four! CONGRATULATIONS!
I am so excited for you - so excited that as I type, tears are streaming down my face! WOW
Know that we will continue to pray for the four of you - that the next 10 days progress quickly and that your family will soon be on it's way home!
We love you and are so happy for you! Take care of each other and know that our prayers will continue!
God bless,
The Osborne family
WOW
That is all I can think to say.
I have printed your family picture, the 4 smiles say it all.
God is Good!
Stay safe, hurry home!
Russ & Connie
I am sitting here at work reading this and crying like a baby! I am printing the picture so I can show it here at work! I am calling bud now to tell him and I will tell Kyle tonight and show him the picture! We love you all!!THE FANELLI FOUR!!!!
Reta
The picture is worth ten million words my friends. I just thought of the day we were in Chicago when we prayed over the originial documents before you tried to FED EX them asking for an appointment! 10 months later, we see the answer to those prayers and the thousands that have been uttered since.
HOW AWESOME! Its great to see the tired lines and tension gone from your faces! You're a good lookin family!
The adventure has begun.
Welcome to the family Ty and Zach. May you know your mom and dad have been looking for and waiting for you all of your lives!
Can't stop the tears either
Chel and Ki
Praise God!
I am so happy and excited for you guys and cannot wait to see your family!
I teared up as soon as I opened the blog. It has been a long time coming and you guys are so deserving. We will start counting down with you!
Our love,
Steve and Anita
Amen, amen,amen, tears and a BIG smile. God is good!!! Jeannie
Ditto Jeannie - AMEN... all I can do is cry, and this is AFTER talking to Mom on the way home, and both of us crying. We will be so happy when you all get home. I talked to Kyle tonight about LEGO introductions... Love you, Fran
sent out massive keep praying requests... to all my friends and our family,..... w/ link to the blog... hey, you got it covered... HE has it covered... Thank You Lord for listening, and lifting up this family.... good will happen... these two children are claimed as yours...... We Praise you. Thank you all for prayers, thoughts, and words uttrd for my family. Fran
Tom and Lois, The "Fannelli Family" picture is totally awesome. Wow, I still remember the night you brought up in small group at Russ and Connie's that you wanted us to start praying about the possiblity of adopting children in the Ukraine. God totally has heard and answered our prayers far more than we could ever imagine. We begin the countdown with everyone.
Love, Art, Linda, Molly and Maggie
PS. In case B hasn't mentioned it, she is preparing a pic journal of family (of course B as Princess is the star!!) and she has translated it into russian w/ the help of online dictionaries.
We Love you all. Fran & Co.
Tom and Lois,
This is so exciting, it is like going to the hospital to see the newborn!! I might add that you look very rested for a new mommy! :-)
We are very happy for the four of you, Mike even printed the picture and put it on the fridge! Can not wait to meet the boys. You are a good looking family!
We will continue to pray that all goes well and the flights home will be soon! We hope to see you Christmas eve.
Love to your new family.
The Reynolds
Dear Tom & Lois,
I can't tell you how happy I am for you guys! God is so good, and it has been amazing to see all of the ways He has been working since you started this whole process. I look forward to seeing you and your new sons; until then, you will continue to be in my thoughts and prayers.
Hugs,
Leah
Tom & Lois,
We are praising God for answered prayers!!! Your Fanelli Family picture is BEAUTIFUL!!! We are so very happy for you! God has not only blessed you with two precious sons, but he has also reunited two wonderful brothers! Praise God! We can hardly wait to have you all home! We will continue to keep you all in our prayers! See you soon! :-)
We love you!
Gloria & Dan
Just wanted to add another tearful congratulations! I can't imagine the joy you must be feeling right now.........oh wait.........YES I CAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Love the picture!
Love to you,
Kayleen
They look so happy and you two do also. I was telling my kids that it is a good thing we got several different sleds on sale so that Uncle TOM can take all the kids down to the park for sledding!!! Probably the only one to be able to handle this cold weather. Hope we have some warmer weather with enough snow (not too much) so that the kids can enjoy sledding together. I'm so excited for you guys. I'm excited for the blessings Zach and Tyler and you two as parents will be enjoying from now on. Just a few more days to make it official official.
Prayers continue for the Fanelli Four to return healthy and smoothly.
love, Margaret
CONGRATULATIONS TOM & LOIS!
The family picture is awesome. The boys are adorable. We are so happy for you. Alyssa is babysitting and has her laptop with her. I had her check your blog and she was so excited for you all too. It won't be long now till you are home.
Boris may come in handy talking with the boys. :-) Can't wait to talk to you all when you get home. What a Christmas present.
Love you,
Janet
CONGRATULATIONS TOM & LOIS!
The family picture is awesome. The boys are adorable. We are so happy for you. Alyssa is babysitting and has her laptop with her. I had her check your blog and she was so excited for you all too. It won't be long now till you are home.
Boris may come in handy talking with the boys. :-) Can't wait to talk to you all when you get home. What a Christmas present.
Love you,
Janet
Congratulations. We're very happy for you and your new family. We'll race you back to the US.
Mike and Nancy
Tom & Lois:
I have been reading this since I got my newsletter from the church with the info about your plans. What a blessing...and you will be continuely blessed everyday with those boys. They are so lucky to have such great parents and you are blessed. It just gave me God Bumps when I saw your picture...I have been filling Duane (my husband..LOL that sounds as funny as you having kids...LOl) about you and Tom and how you have wanted kids for so long. Maybe we can see you sometime when we come to visit Dennis & Eileen. Take care and have a safe trip home.
Merry Christmas
Penny (Hicks) Snyder
tom and lois,
What an awesome God we serve!!!! Great to see your new family. They don't look very tall!! As soon as you get them back here we will start with the basketball classes. Need someone to watch when Kyle is done. Made me cry when I saw the picture. Also made me realize in my times of "lack of faith" that God is always faithful. Just in His time. I love you guys and can't wait to see your boys!!! I love you all.
Bud Wilson
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