June 24, 2008

Here we are on gotcha day!!! I can't believe that we finally together. Our little guy is so happy. Even with bronchitis and an ear infection he smiles and laughs!. I can't wait until we are home.

Countdown!!

I am counting down now. Less than 24 hours until we pick up our son! We will go to the orphanage at 3 p.m. local time. We just got back from the Alaba/Awassa trip not to long ago. Man, am I ready for a shower. We had a great time! We got to see a coffee farm, monkeys, lemures and hippos!

Our First Family Picture

Here is our first picture with our son. I wish we could have spent more time with him. It was amazing to see his face in person and hold him in our arms. We will be going to pick him up on Tuesday. We will not be back in time to do it on Monday.

We're Here!

I can't believe that we are actually here. We will get to meet our son this afternoon but we won't be picking him up for good until Moday or Tuesday. Hopefully it will be Monday. Anyway, we are just glad that we get to see him before then!!

It's here!!

I can't believe that we will begin our travel today to finally meet our son! We will be leaving the house very soon. It still seems unreal. I hope that I packed everything we need. Our suitcases are stuffed. I couldn't pack more if I wanted. I guess I better get off here and get going!!!

Shower 2.0

I had my second shower. This one was my moms family and friends. It was a great time!!!! We received a lot of nice things that we will get tons of use out of. After the shower, my sister and I went out for a little. It was a fun night!!!!!

Laundry

I can't believe I am actually washing baby clothes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

Nervous

I am so nervous about traveling. I'm not sure why, but I am. I know that once we are home with our precious son, I will wonder what I was nervous about. I think it's probably just the amount of time we are going to be on a plane, which, everyone else has survived. I'm also really afraid that I won't like the food! Then what??? Oh well, it will all be fine. I'll just eat lots of crackers or something. I just needed a small vent.......

Shots

Oh what fun!!! We just got back from the health department after getting our travel vaccinations. We each had 7. 4 in one arm and 3 in the other. I guess we could have had less, because they are not all required but, we thought better to be safe than sorry. I am not looking forward to the sore arms! Oh well.

Shower

Well, I had my first shower today!! My mom and sister put it on and My aunts and cousins from my dads family were there as well as a friend of my moms and a friend of my sisters. We havd beautiful weather for it to seeing it was outside!! We received a lot of nice things. Clothes, toys, diapers, a stroller. At this rated, we won't have to buy clothes for the next 6 months!