Sunday, May 16, 2010

We're Together!!

Tell Hunter that the butterflies are out here in Ethiopia. We saw a few this morning while we were waiting for Gail and I thought of him.

We have the boys!!! Gail picked us up and we went. We were seriously at Layla for about 15 minutes, we got them and left. We are planning on going back this evening around 4 and then out to dinner. There are two resturaunts we can take them to and they don’t cook dinner at Ritmo on Sundays. They were shy when we first met them, but took our hands and showed us their beds, and went to get their gift bags from us. We walked back to Ritmo. They are perfect. Very active, just like Hunter! They will all mesh perfectly. We played soccer outside for a few hours and boy are they talented! Seriously! They bounce it off their heads and the whole 9 yards. Then we had a dance party in our room. Then they wanted to watch TV, so we put in The Prince of Egypt for them and they are sitting on the couch watching that right now. They both love their backpacks and have had them on pretty much since we gave them to them. They ate a huge lunch! Way more than Lincoln or I ate. Bizayehu does not like carrots…he let us know that right away. Lol They don’t speak hardly any English, but are eager to copy any English words that you say. I know they’ll catch on very quickly. Bizayehu can count to 28 in English! Sintayehu is very quiet, just as everyone has said. They both love taking pictures with our camera. They both have a bit of a cough, but nothing terrible. They both have smiles that light up the room. Im going back to cuddle with my sons, but I wanted to let you all know that we’re together – finally, and it’s beautiful.

4 comments:

Michelle said...

Ashley, I want to cry now that you are finally together. I am so happy for you. I am enjoying reading your posts from Ethiopia. I can't wait until Steve and I get to travel to the places you describe.

kimberly said...

I am so excited for you. Have a great time. And Congrats!

Kelley said...

Oh Ashley! Reading this gives me goosebumps! Finally, all that you've been sacrificing and working toward is reality- a tangible, huggable reality! I can't tell you how happy I am for you guys!

Bld424 said...

Hip hip Hooray!