Saturday, February 14, 2009

We are Home!!!


The first time we held Yonatan.
So we are back from Addis! Even though our trip was amazing, we were so glad to be back. My brain is not functioning quite normal yet...hence the 4:30am post. The boys took a "nap" at 4pm yesterday and then I dozed off around 7pm. Well, Yonatan woke up at 1:30am and Elijah at 2am....I think we are about ready to sleep again until 9:30am or so and then hopefully stay up most of the day.
ok, so again, my brain is dead, but over all our trip was awesome. Yonatan has been great for all the changes going on in his life, The staff at the Ethiopia Guest Home were absolutely amazing and we recommend them to anyone heading over! Ephrim was also amazing. Cannot say enough about how he blessed us! For now, here are a few pics and as I post more pics later, we'll reveal more of our trip.

Daddy and Elijah playing futbol with Yonni.

Yonni and Daddy listening to some tunes. Yonatan LOVES music and has a great since of beat already. I thought it was funny because the first song he listened to on my Ipod was "Seed to Sow" by Michael W. Smith. This was not on purpose, but he became addicted to it as the days progressed.

The brothers chilling out at the Guest Home. We brought a portable DVD player, which proved to be very useful!

13 comments:

Gretchen Magruder said...

Congratulations!! It looks like the boys are doing great!! It took us about 5 days to get everyone back on the right sleep schedule so she'd sleep past 4am....Selah is still taking a nap like at the HOH, but she isn't happy about it :)

Anonymous said...

Great to see you guys made it back safe and sound. Had a great time getting to know you.

Annie said...

So glad you posted...been thinking of you lots :)
So wonderful to see the first moments together. I am so glad that Yonatan And Elijah have that brotherly bonding already going on ;) Looking forward to hearing more about your journey.

hope you can get back on schedule soon.

meg said...

i can't wait to hear all about your trip!! and to meet you ALL in just a couple weeks!!!

Anonymous said...

So glad that everything went well. We are looking forward to seeing you all hopefully tomorrow! -Ben & Abby

Missy said...

Welcome back!! The pic of the two brothers watching the DVD is tooo cute!!!! Can't wait to hear about more of your trip!!

Eric and Allyson said...

Yeah! SO glad you are home safely! We can't wait to see Yonatan! the boys look so happy together. Looking forward to more pics!

Erin Sager said...

WElcome home....Hope you guys are having a great time together....

Renee said...

welcome home!! I can't wait to hear about your trip- love these pictures!!!

Marnie said...

Yay--look at this family! You look like you belong together (as of course you do!). I hope you're starting to catch up on sleep now.

Anonymous said...

Hey guys! Congratulations on having another adorable little boy in your family. Can't wait to meet Yontan! Hope all is well with your family and that you all are settling back into normalcy somewhat easily! Will you all be going to camp again this year?

Anonymous said...

Oops, I meant Yonatan : )

The Heddleson's said...

It was so nice meeting you at the Believe event in Kentucky! I just joined the Ethiohio YG this morning. I am not sure if this was the one you were telling us about or not. Maybe we can get together to talk more soon. Mark and Lisa Heddleson