We took out Mercy's hair to give her head a rest.  I'd like to leave it natural like this, but Nigerians think it's really weird to leave little girls hair undone, so we'll be getting it braided this afternoon.  In the US I plan to make it as big of a fro as I can!

 

She finds my hair fascinating, so we spend a lot of time with her feeling my hair while I hold her. 

 

I thought this picture was funny because we both have the same expressions on our face.

 

I was trying to get a picture of Mercy in this cute outfit, but she really likes to see the camera, so trying to make her stay in one place long enough to actually snap the picture is a bit of a challenge.  This is the stillest she was during the few minutes we tried to take the picture. 

Now that we're back in Nigeria, it's time to renew the blogging, and now that we have so many new exciting things in our family, we really needed to keep everyone at home updated.  On Wednesday afternoon we went to pick up our daughter, Mercy.  We're praying (please pray too!!) that the adoption will be finalized by the Nigerian court on Monday or Tuesday- sooner the better as far as we're concerned.  It's a bit of a steep learning curve for all involved, so you could also be praying for us.  Now, since I know you're here to see pictures and not listen to me chat...

 

Getting ready to go home.

 

Playing with her new doll at home.

 

Relaxing with Daddy and doll.

 

Mercy LOVES being outside and if that can't happen, then she'll hang out by the window and look outside.

So obviously, there's lots more we could share right now, but frankyly, we have an almost two year old and we're exhausted!  Time to go to bed.