Today has been my highlight! I think we all would agree. Samiah (Eftu) is a doll. She is perfect. She loves her sister. She likes to stare at her, and keeps her eyes on her wherever she goes. She is so small! Maybe I am used to kids 5 and up but she is like a newborn. And in many ways her motorskills are that of an infant. But she is bright eyed! And we even got to hear her giggle! She was perfect. I guess I said that already. The only problem we had was that we all three faught over who could hold and love on her next. She can't sit up on her own, and has a pretty hard time stablizing her head. More like an infant of 3 month old. But she is content. She is peaceful and a dream come true. It feels sureal, sitting here thinking that a week from today we could get the offical decree that she is ours. Her first court was Tuesday, and we found out today it was a possitive verdict! This is great news for our court date because we know she has all her paperwork. If there is anything missing is more on our end and there shouldn't be any issues since we just passed court with most of the same documents. So things are looking good. We are hopeful. We got to spend most of the morning with her. It surprised me she was so happy with us. She melted in my arms as if she had been waiting to be held by us as much as we have been waiting to hold her. She was so at ease she even fell fast asleep in my arms. All I could do was look at her. For me this is emotional. It has been a long time coming. I think I counted I have been through 9 pregnancies with friends and family members during my wait. I have one friend who has had 3 children during this process. Some had trouble conceiving, and then finally were blessed with a child. She is now almost 3. So today has been an overdue delivery! I could have sat there all day and just held her and watched her sleep! Awan is more than estatic. She was the star of the day! Samiah (Eftu) would giggle and almost imitate her say HI! HI! Did I say Samiah is perfect? Awan had fun with the kids at Acacia. Ranging from 10 and under. She started to show off her gymnastics and then got out done by a boy who could do a running no handed cartwheel in the air! She was floored. But loved hanging out with the girls and trying to speak what tinish( little ) Amharic she knows. They would laugh because they thought it was neat she knew so much. Jeremy has been complemented on his Amharic, he is almost bilingual. Just Kidding! For a white man he is! I am just in a dream of seeing Samiah and Awan together. We have been dreaming of this day for so so long. Here is it is. And with see Samiah for the first time, I say the long wait was indeed worth it.
Awan enjoyed seeing Acacia. She has new understanding for Tadios. She has seen where he ate, and slept. She said Mom I never knew how much Tadios had to live through before he came to us. She has embraced the culture. And cried today because we told her she wasn't coming back with us on the second trip. She insisted. Progess! She is now out in the Nannies quarters, where she has spend most of her time. She is getting her braided like the other girls, she is fitting right in! The Nannies love her! They want her to take photos of them! She is becoming quite the photographer. I haven't taken many photos, so I am excited the photos will reflect her perspective of Ethiopia!
Today was amazing! Can't wait till Monday so we can hold our little princess again! She is conjo! (Beautiful!)
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