Travelling to Seattle, or LA, or even NYC is nothing compared to getting ready to travel across the big blue. Every night I work on a little on packing, getting rooms ready, cleaning, etc. There is so much to worry about, correct money to exchange, kids clothes for kids I don't know the size of, hot weather, cold weather, rain and dry times, kid medicines, lotions, soaps, diapers, bottles, toys, etc. Being a new mama and all I just don't know what to pack! I think we will be doing a lot of shopping before we get them.
We only have 7 days before we leave! I just can't believe it! I only have 1 day left of work for the next 2-3 months. Life is so good. I am just so excited to meet our new children. It is going to be a long trip over and back. We fly to Seattle to London to Addis. We get into Addis at 1 am! Then we wake up the next morning and meet our kids for the first time! After being with them for awhile we will go shopping for diapers, formula, snacks, etc. There will be two other families there by then, maybe three. That night, late, one of the families comes in late. The next day we go to the US Embassy to get our Visas for the children. This is a long and hot process. It sounds like there may be some tough questions, we hope we are prepared. Of course during this time Kev, Nick and Malchi will be lounging at the pool or playing a little tennis. After the Embassy appointment they are in our custody! We get them forever!
There is so much to do in Ethiopia. We are hoping to travel to the country and see villages, go to a hot spring, and meet families. There is a hike to a church carved into stone, museums, crafts, dancing, coffee, and Ethiopian food! We will have 6 full days to spend time in Ethiopia with our children. We are going to transfer from the Hilton to a guest house after getting the kids. I am really looking forward to it. It is a Baptist mission house and another family before us stayed there and loved it! Here is a link to the website http://addiskidan.blogspot.com/ We are really excited for this experience and to have someone help us understand our children! I talked with her today and I got even more excited about our trip!
Life is pretty hectic right now. Sorry if we haven't called. We aren't trying to ignore anyone, we just fall into bed every night exhausted! Our last journey of our trip will be interesting. We have to stay in Chicago overnight on the way back. That will be difficult! We then wake up and have to travel to Seattle and then on to Spokane. We have a 7 hour layover in Seattle but we are going to BEG to be on standby. As long as there is openings we should be ok.
I am excited to share this next step in our journey with everyone. You are all always in my prayers. Thank you to everyone for your support.
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