I am one of those people who pretty much loathes seeing Christmas stuff next to the Halloween stuff. So the thought of Christmas shopping this early does not appeal to me all that much, BUT supporting a worthy cause does appeal to me. Helping make a difference in a child’s life appeals to me and [...]
Archive for the ‘Ethiopia’ Category
26 Oct
Christmas in October???
22 Oct
The Ethiopian pout???
Our darling son Esuyawkal has this face he makes and it is pretty hysterical, we affectionately call it “the stink eye”. I recently read that this might be a very common face amongst young Ethiopian children. So I am posting some pictures of “the stink eye” and hopefully we will gain some conformation as to [...]
9 Oct
Adventures in nursing my adopted son
I have had a lot of people ask me how nursing my son Esuyawkal is going, so I thought I would share how this adventure is going.
I would first like to say that I am one of those women that has and is nursing her children longer than two years. If this is something that [...]
6 Oct
Overall impressions
My overall impression of Ethiopia was that I love it!!!! The people of Ethiopia are amazing, the country is beautiful, the food is delicious and the spirit is joyous.
Having never traveled to anywhere in Africa we did not know what to expect, and we were very pleasantly surprised upon arrival. Addis Ababa is kind of [...]
3 Oct
Down to Adama/Nazret
Adama also called Nazret is the town that Esuyawkal was born in, and that is why we decided to make the trip to this town that is about 1.5 hours south of Addis Ababa.
The road to Adama/Nazret is paved the whole way and so the ride was pretty pleasant. We did unfortunately come across several [...]
2 Oct
Out and about in Addis
Our first full day in Addis Ababa was Monday. We had a few things on our “to do” list and decided that Monday would be the best day to do things like shopping and our Layla tour. We knew that Esuyawkal would be comfortable going back to Wanna for a few hours, so he visited [...]
1 Oct
The tour
Every parent that comes through Layla has the opportunity to get a tour of the facility, this was something that I had been looking forward to and was excited when we got our opportunity. One of the volunteers at Layla gave us our tour and did are great job. We learned a lot and got [...]
30 Sep
Into my arms
Sunday morning when I woke up I could hardly believe that in a matter of hours Esuyawkal would be in my arms. I was excited to say the least about getting on the flight to Addis and getting over to Wanna. When we got to the airport we were told that our flight would be [...]
29 Sep
Lalibela
Before I dive into our side trip to Lalibela I would first like to say that our flight over to Ethiopia was really good!! We traveled on Ethiopia Air and had a great experience. The atmosphere on the international leg of our trip was celebratory and light, the people were great,very laid back and the [...]
29 Sep
10 days without my kids:(
10 days is the longest by far that I have been away from my children, and planning for this trip although exciting was also very nerve-racking at times. To make our trip easier on Ewan and Anwen we planned for them to stay with family while we were gone. They actually changed locations 4 different [...]
