Today, we had 6 new families join the fray. There was introductions, stories shared, and catching up (a lot of us knew each other from the adoption forum we all contribute to).
After a quick meeting to discuss rules and expectations, we all headed over to Care Center D (where the big kids stay when not in school) and some of the families got to see their kids for the first time!
Then we headed over to Care Center C, where the babies are, and we got to see Molla and Isayas again (Isayas is there on the weekends to be with his brother).
These were both rather quick meetings, as the kids had to get ready to eat and then have a nap, which is what many of the parents did too! After naps, most of us headed over to the care center where their kids were. Em spent most of the time with Molla, holding him, feeding him, and playing with him in his room.
I headed outside to play with Isayas and the other kids with the HoverDisc that we brought. Isayas loved it! We ran around and threw that thing until it had about 14 holes. I tried to get some good photos during this time, and got a few, but Isayas really wanted to play with the digital camera. Being the good dad that I am, I had to say no, since it really isn’t a toy. Well, that didn’t sit well with Isayas, who proceeded to cry, and cry. It wasn’t until I brought him up to Em and she gave him some cookies that he stopped. He was good for about 10 minutes, and then he began to cry again, especially when he said we had to leave. Em decided right then and there that he was going to spend the night with us, so we brought him back to our room.
On the way over, he fell asleep in Em’s arms, and didn’t wake up for another 2 hours, even with Em and I trying to wake him after 45 minutes!
When he woke, we gave him some more trucks (which he absolutely adores), gave him a bath (which he smiled through), and then tried to dress him. This started more tears, and they didn’t stop until we fed him bread with honey. They must not give the kids much to drink, as he absolutely sucked down about a liter of water.
We then played with trucks and dinosaurs for another 2 hours until we said in Amharic that it was bedtime. He gleefully put on his pull-ups and then hopped into bed and literally fell asleep within 3 minutes.
Sigh…off to bed for me. I have to get up at 4:15am to get ready to leave for Hosanna at 5:00am.
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