I woke up feeling exhausted and worried about Minow. We had machiattos and crossiants at the pastry shop in the Hilton complex. Today is the day of waiting. We were waiting to hear from Gail about Minow's status and what needed to happen next in the process for us to be able to get him … Continue reading Tuesday August 22

We went to bed the night before knowing that Gail would be picking us up at 11am to go to Wanna to get our babies. We did not know at this point if Minow was still in the hospital or not. The anticipation was nearly too much to bear. But there we were with our … Continue reading Monday August 21

We have arrived home unscathed from 24 hours of actual traveling, that does not include the 3 hours early we arrived at Bole Airport prior to our scheduled departure of 7:05am. I can hardly believe that it--the adoption-really happened but as I sit here at 2:30 am watching my little Minow sit in his swing … Continue reading HOME

We have been in Ethiopia for a week now. Today was the day we were to be flying home with our little Minow. Our Embassy interview is tomorrow as our agency has worked hard to get that for us so that we could leave as soon as possible. We tried to get a flight out … Continue reading End of the first week