It's Tuesday

Yesterday we met our daughter for the first time.  Of course it wasn't the picture perfect meeting that every mother dreams of.  But, that's okay.  When we showed up she was still taking her nap.  We tried to convince Sister to just let us watch her sleep, but she was determined to wake her up.  She didn't cry but you could tell she was still tired & was confused about who we were & what we were doing.  She had a great case of chicken pox.  She is fever free but there's a couple of sores that haven't scabbed over yet. 

This morning when we went to visit her - it was a totally different story!!!! She was happy, giggly, smiley, friendly little G.  She was sitting in her little bumpo chair waiting on us & smiled at us as soon as we walked in the room.  She is a short little thing but she's really chunky.  We were able to play with her for a good 2 hours & then I was able to give her a bottle.  We will have a lot of attatchment to work on with her but that is to be expected.  She loves to watch others.  She's really afraid she might miss something (my grandma used to call that nosey ;0)  Hannah Grace didn't go with us this morning to see her sister.  She decided she wanted to hang back in the room with her little friend Makada & Cande.  Ebaby's scabs looked even better today.

Sleeping is a definite issue here in ET.  If you are coming here (this is especially for you Nikki) you need to be prepared.  We had been told that it would be loud so yes, we have been warned.  But, you can not possibly prepare yourself for what we experienced.  There are a few roosters outside.  OH MY WORD.  They start their thing at 2:00am!!!!!!  And it's like they are having a war to see who can be the loudest.  (One by the way, sounds like he has laringitis)  This begins at 2:00 just as the neighbors across the way have stopped chatting at 1:30.  The dogs bark nonstop & traffic never seems to be slow.  We were all given ear plugs which were wonderful, except they keep falling out of our ears & the noise just wakes you up.  I promise if something doesn't change, we might be eating rooster this week !!!! So, at all costs - no matter what - bring a sound machine as part of your 50lbs.!!!!!!!

The food has been great.  (Yes, I was worried/concerned about that.)  Tonight we are going to be eating at a local authentic restaurant with the other couple that is here with us.  They have a friend here who is local & just happens to be out of work right now.  So, we are happily going to pay him to be our driver.  He's going to take us shopping (yea someone to help us barter!) & then we are going to eat.  A big black cloud came up today & is now raining so that's why we aren't going touring today.

Court is tomorrow!!!!  We leave here at 8:00 & we are praying that we have our MOWA letter so we can pass.  Stay tuned for updates.

Thursday & Friday we are driving 3 hours south to visit Awassa.  We will be meeting Ebaby's birth mom & visiting that area.  We've been told it is beautiful.  I'm really excited about it.

SO our prayer requests:  Stay healthy, court tomorrow, birth family meeting, Ebaby's adjustment, & Hannah Grace's acceptance of all the changes that are happening.

I am going to try to download some pics.  But no promises.  I tried earlier & after about 10 minutes I just gave up.  Talk to you all later.  (I STILL CAN"T BELIEVE I'M IN ETHIOPIA!!!!!!)