Ethiopia Day 3

Well....embassy is done and the magical words were said. "your adoptions now final and complete". Wow what a relief! Both kiddie were great at the embassy. It was actually kind of cool. We showed our passports three times for crying out loud. Our lawyer got us thru the lines ahead of the other families that were waiting. That guy has some connections.

We came back to the guest house for a rest and to change clothes. We went out for dinner last night to a restaurant called Bon. Quite yummy. Len and I had Ethiopian. While our Ethiopian translator, Masti, ate a large dish of lasagna. Sarah joined him with a bowl of spaghetti. What a hoot!

We returned to the guest house with a sleeping Joshua that never even made it to pajamas and slept in his clothes! He did not sleep straight thru so your jealousy can stop now...:-)
He popped another tooth! Good grief this kid is going to be done teething by the time we get him home. He had four when we took custody and one popped yesterday and another popped last night! He has one more due to come in today as well! His ears are still gross. Poor guy...definitely a double ear infection with lots of slime which is not a good sign. Must have been going on for some time. I also found out the secret to his little scars on his tummy and back. Three weeks ago...chicken pox got the whole Toukoul orphanage. Sound like they all got zapped with it. So he did not sleep well last night and took a great morning nap though....see him still in his clothes from last night. Looks like someone knocked him flat. See what some Tylenol, Zithromax and a bottle can do? Ahhhhh a two hour nap for mom!

After our long nap we got dressed for our day and lunchtime. Look how cute I am!!! Playing with my sister too!

Lunch was had and he was all plugged up in the poopy area, again. So after a bit of screaming and half of a bottle.. I was down for the count again. I joked with Len ....Joshua was the victim
Of a hard turd...hehehehe so he is out again.

We will be leaving the guest house soon to go shopping, visit holy trinity cathedral and the orphanage. We have a meeting scheduled with the doctor to talk about our kiddo and they will give him a gift, a traditional outfit. It will be his last time there. With a little luck our lawyer picked up Joshua's passport with his American visa inside as well as the top-secret envelope that I need to turn in at immigration when we get to Washington dc.

If not, we will get those materials on Friday morning. It has been cool and rainy here so much to Sarah's dismay we have not made it to the Sheraton to swim. But she spent some time with cookie the house manager here at Hagos. You can see the results of their time together. Have a wonderful day! We are really enjoying out time here. Taking in slow and savoring every moment. What a gift it is.

Please pray for healing for our little ones ears...could be a long flight otherwise.


Hugs !!!