Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Ethiopian Holiday

So, we met Tariku Saturday morning and then saw him Saturday afternoon and
Sunday night. We haven't gotten him to smile at us yet. The nannies and doctor
assures us that he does smile, but said it does take him a little more time to
warm up then some babies. So, we will keep working on that. :) We met the
doctor Monday and they said he had diarrhea and vomited the previous night and that
morning, so they put him on Pedialyte and then decided to start antibiotics,
since we are leaving on Friday. They want him healthy before we go. We went to
see him that afternoon, but he was sleeping and we figured he needed to rest.
We are worried that we got him ill with all the kisses we have given him.
I did get to feed him Sunday. They cup feed out of these tiny tin cups, but
it was pretty easy and very quick. On Tuesday we went to the Embassy with Tariku and got his Visa approval. We had him with us most of the day and feed him with the bottle. He did great!

Things are going good, we had a special dinner last night which was authentic Ethiopian food and dance. It was a really fun time. Today we went shopping and bought tons of stuff. Tonight is the farewell ceremony and we still want to go to AHOPE to drop off donations, but we are ready to come home. It is super hard being away from the kids. We just hate it. I can't wait until Friday/Saturday.

P.S. Pictures are not uploading on this computer so you all will have to wait until we get back for photos. Sorry.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I hate to hear that he's sick. Poor little guy. No wonder he's not smiling, he's got an upset tummy. :( You'll get that smile before you know it!! I'm sure of it.

See you guys soon. Travel safe.
Stephanie

Monnik said...

Poor little guy. Hopefully he'll kick that little bug and be healthy and smiley before you leave.

I can't believe they cup feed babies. good thing he took to the bottle! :)

Can't wait to see him. Have a safe trip back!

Mom In Scrubs said...

Can't wait for the pictures, and hopefully he will be well soon...I doubt it's from the kisses.

Kiss away, it's such a precious time!!

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