Day 4

The last post was day 2 and 3 with traveling. Friday we got up and had some breakfast. We had some time to walk down the street we were on and played with some of the kids. I played hopscotch and Kreg and Tim got out the soccer balls of course. Everyone in Ethiopia knows how to play soccer (football here). We then left for the orphanage. We got there and found out they were going to tape us for our Life Book that they are making for us. So, there was a camera crew taping our first sight of him and for about an hour after that. We walked in and saw his cute little face sitting on the kitchen floor all by himself. He is so stinkin' cute. I went right over and picked him up. He was not timid at all with Kreg or myself. He smiled right away. We put our camera on him and got to see him walk for the first time. He took about ten steps before he squatted down so we missed quite a bit unfortunately when we were gone. He is so coordinated. He loves to move around and he LOVES to be held. He is really particular about just one toy. Whatever he has that day (this time it happened to be an empty bubbles bottle), he doesn't want to give it up. We may have our hands full for a while - literally! I'm okay with that. We got to play with all the kids and see all of the faces of the rest of the adoptive families light up. We eventually had to leave. We went shopping again and when I got to the first stop, I was violently ill. I had to use a restroom NOW. If you don't know anything about bathrooms in Ethiopia, don't find out. They are not really bathrooms so it was an awful experience. None that I had ever felt before or want to feel again. I eventually got better as the day went on. Got some other things to bring home to remind us of Ethiopia. We came back and layed down for a bit and then we had dinner together with the rest of the families at a traditional restaurant and then came back "home" to our guesthouse. Tomorrow we leave for Awassa to meet Hagirsa's birth mother.
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Stacey Sills
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Ottawa Area Intermediate School District
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Holland, MI 49424
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