Wednesday, May 27, 2009

And it was evening on the 2nd day....

He is officially ours!  We had our scary embassy appointment today that turned out to be not so scary.  All 6 couples we have been traveling with walked in together with babies in tow and sat down in a holding room with a maximum capacity of 44(it was actually posted).  When we got there we were the only ones in the room, by the time we left there were at least 65 people crowed into this room.  There is no air conditioning or heating in any of the buildings I have been in so far, this room included.  It was not that it was really hot, but there was no circulation and by the time we left, we were very ready to get out of there.  Personal hygiene here is not quite the same as it is in the US, need I say more?
There are no cameras allowed where we were today so there were no photos to post from there.  One person in another travel group here at the same time took a picture of a lady along the road that happened to have the embassy in the distant background.  Two guys with guns stopped the bus and ordered him off.  He tried to explain, but they would have nothing of it.  After some long explanations they made him erase the picture and then let him go.
So tonight, I wanted to leave a picture of mommy and her newest son preparing for bed.  We have had a bit of a stressful day and it is good to be back at the guest house.  Micah was tired tonight and went to bed around 7pm which may be a bit early for him.  It could be a long night!
He still is eating everything in sight.  I cannot believe how much he eats on top of his formula.  He is eating the puffed cereal snacks like there is no tomorrow and his regular baby cereal on top of his formula.  Seriously, I wished we would have weighed him at the transition home before we took him because I am sure he will have gained significantly before we get home.
 

2 comments:

  1. Isn't it so wonderful to feed him his bottle and watch him as he eats? I loved that with Cam.

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  2. you painted your nails while in ethiopia! you are so impressive!

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