The ladybug sandbox acts as a pool until we can get some sand.
Cleaning up the "new" playhouse
These girls are good scrubbers!
New used playhouse
Finally, some sand! (What a mess!)
Monday, June 29, 2009
New Backyard Toys
The ladybug sandbox acts as a pool until we can get some sand.Cleaning up the "new" playhouse These girls are good scrubbers! New used playhouse Finally, some sand! (What a mess!) 
Trip to Indiana (A Week Later)
Such a long drive! (But the girls really did great.)
Swinging at cousin Hunter's house
Chloe, Hunter, Essie
Sandbox fun
Essie loves the pool!
Essie & Amy
Hunter & Aunt Jen
Chloe & Matt
Chloe, Amy, Essie
Hunter's cool birthday cake that Aunt Jen made
Eating some cake and ice cream
Meeting Aunt Kelly's donkey - check out the look on Chloe's face
Meeting Aunt Kelly's guinea pig
Riding Grandpa's little tractor
Chloe, Amy, Essie
Grandpa's pigs
"Driving" Grandpa's tractorThursday, June 18, 2009
Three Months Home
With 143 million orphans in the world, one might wonder what difference an adoption can make. We have been home with our girls for 3 months now, and the difference in their lives is unbelievable. How many more children are waiting for the opprotunity to thrive in a loving home?
September 2008 - when the orphanage director met "JuJu & Jurie" whose family could no longer afford to care for them
January 2009 - the twins are moved from their village to the orphanage
February 2009 - at the adoption agency transition home in Addis Ababa
March 2009 - packing a suitcase on the day we left Ethiopia
April 2009 - home for a month
May 2009 - home two months
June 2009 - home three months! Are these the same girls we saw in September?
September 2008 - when the orphanage director met "JuJu & Jurie" whose family could no longer afford to care for them
January 2009 - the twins are moved from their village to the orphanage
February 2009 - at the adoption agency transition home in Addis Ababa
March 2009 - packing a suitcase on the day we left Ethiopia
April 2009 - home for a month
May 2009 - home two months
June 2009 - home three months! Are these the same girls we saw in September?Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Friends from Ethiopia!
On Monday, we had a lovely visit with some of the kids from Ethiopia that were in our adoption agency's transition house at the same time our girls were. They now live with their forever family in West Virginia, but their grandparents live near us so they came over to play.
Afton (Tamarit to our girls), Essie, Chloe & Mastewal
I really don't think its fair that Afton's hair is longer than our girls.
Even though the girls say they don't remember Mastewal, they quickly befriended her and wouldn't let her out of their sight.
Afton (Tamarit to our girls), Essie, Chloe & Mastewal
I really don't think its fair that Afton's hair is longer than our girls.
Even though the girls say they don't remember Mastewal, they quickly befriended her and wouldn't let her out of their sight.
Play Time for International Adoptees
A local therapeutic services organization has opened their facility to internationally adopted children for a meet and greet time this summer. The girls loved the toys and everyone was amazed at how advanced the girls are for only being in the US for 3 months. For anyone in the Lexington area that may need speech, physical or occupational therapy for your child, whether biological or adopted, I highly recommend On The Move Pediactric Therapy.
This was the girls favorite apparatus
This was the girls favorite apparatus
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Some Videos to Make You Smile
Singing from the "hymnal":
A little Gumuz music:
Bouncing babies:
Chloe talking on the phone:
Monday, June 8, 2009
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