He's Better...

Well, my parents left at around 8:20 for the hospital the other day, and didn't get back until 3:45am. I was asleep on the couch when they came in. They had done a whole bunch of different tests to make sure he was ok, and find out what was wrong with him. They said it was a virus, but seeing as he just came home from Ethiopia, they wanted to make sure it wasn't anything..... African I guess! But for most of the last 2ish hours, they were just waiting for him to pee. And then finally after a while, they came back and said they didn't need it anymore..... and 2 minutes later he filled his diaper! :P But they were all exhausted... Moses had only slept for about an hour and a half that whole time. He's much better now, but still has a low fever, and is kind of cranky.. but at the same time he's still hilariously funny!

Praying for my Baby Brother!

I'm sooo worried right now. I'm home with Megan, Josh and Ayana, and my parents just took Moses to the hospital.. cause he has a super high fever.. 39.4! I'm so scared for him. He was boiling when I picked him up. And he's really tired and kinda droopy. My poor baby! They'll be gone for quite a while, seeing as it's late-ish, and they had to go to emergency, because of the time. I want to stay up to see how he is.. but I'm so tired.. i might go to sleep on the couch with the phone beside me so that it wakes me up. He better be ok. I love you Duyo Duyo! Get better soon hun...

Outside Adventures

Today I took Ayana and Moses outside to play with the "Beby Dummy"... "Baby Bunny". I sat them on our beach mat, and watched them for a while, pulling them down the mat on their tummies by their feet for about 5 minutes, which was very exciting. Then I asked Ayana to get "Rara's Chamas". She wouldn't listen to me until I said "Rara's Shoes". And then she ran straight in and grabbed my school shoes.... she's actually learning and understanding!! Then I ran around in the rabbit cage for a while, trying to get a hold of at least one bunny. When I finally grabbed Blackberry, Moses was eating grass, and Ayana was sitting in the flower bed. And she wouldnt' even come near the rabbit. Moses, on the other hand loved him.... or he loved his whiskers and ears at least, which are very good handles and pull toys by the way! Ayana eventually came and touched the bunny, and even ended up giving it her special kisses. And then..... it got away. I was sitting there on the mat, holding Moses by the strap of his overalls to keep him from crawling off, trying to make sure Ayana didn't fall into the pond, and with my foot, trying to reach the rabbit and push it back towards us. I finally told Ayana to "Koochby" on the mat with Moses, and be very very "Oush". I crept behind the tree, trying to sneek up on Blackberry, and looked back, to see Ayana, with Moses sitting in between her legs, tightly holding both hands across his eyes and mouth, and pulling him close to her. I almost fell over laughing! It was so hilarious! She was doing her very best to keep him quiet and still for me. And the funny thing was.. he didnt' seem to mind! Anyway, I finally caught the bunny, said "Bye-bye", picked up Moses and got safely inside.... to find that we had only been out there for just under 15 minutes! But we had a lot of fun. I just wish I had had my camera out there with me!

Ayana's Crib

Well, i sure wish my parents had thought of getting Ayana a crib instead of her toddler bed a lot sooner! we got it yesterday, and she slept for 12 hours, napped today without a sound, and went to bed tonight perfectly!! i'm so happy... maybe now i'll get some really good sleep! they're both fast asleep right now. these are pictures of them sleeping so cutely! :P
these were in Ethiopia, but it just shows how even more adorable they are when they sleep!
sorry about ayana's.. i couldn't turn it around! :(

My new, exciting, tiring life....

hey there,
well since we got home, i've had about half the amount of sleep i usually do. how wonderful for me. the first day back, i went to bed at 1, fell asleep at 2, and woke up at 3:30.... and was up after that till 10 that night. especially since ayana and moses woke up at 3 and screamed together until 4:30, and after that, ayana kept on waking up every hour or so to cry a little more. i wasn't really mad though, just tired and sorry for them.. they were probably so scared! new room, jetlag, and no one getting them up! awwww! :( but since then they've been getting better. they're actually screaming right now, but that's cause they're going down for a nap. i think it's actually just Moses. Ayana already fell asleep. i love them so much! they are so cute! she is so seriously bossy and has a huge attitude.. she picks a new favourite just about every other hour, and won't go to anyone but them for the next couple hours or so. it's really funny.. but also really frustrating, especially for my mom.. since whenever it's bed time, my mom is never a favourite, which increases the screaming by 10 notches! but apart from that, i'm loving it! it's exciting to see them every morning.... i'm sure that in about 5 years it'll change.. i mean.. i don't get excited to see my other brother and sister every morning! :P
these pics are of our first day back.
1- ayana's first time seeing a tv- Maisy!
2- moses's first time in his new crib... he loved his mobile!
3- moses's first time in his excersaucer.. as you can see.. he had a lot of fun!
4- ayana was jealous of him.. she likes it too! :P

well, that's all for now.... i gotta go.. moses is still screaming.

~Erin~

Pictures from last post

Hey there
sorry, these are the pictures that were supposed to be in the last post, but didn't work.
same captions as before.
~Erin~

Back Home.. Looking Back

Since the blog wasn't working in Ethiopia, this is the email I sent to my friends........

Yesterday, the 22, we went and met ayana and moses. as soon as i saw them.... it was really wierd. i've only known them through pictures so far, and suddenly they're here! i didn't think i'd get like emotional or anything. i mean, i've held josh and megan when they were born, and i didn't cry or anything. but i guess this is different.... there's a different story behind it, and we've been waiting for so long... well... i cried. i gave the video camera to ben, our leader's adult son.. i didn't want to be holding it while everyone else was meeting them. they're so cute! i'll tell you more about it when we get home, but they were both really scared, but after a while, moses was laughing and playing with us. ayana was still scared, but then she started playing with Yeabie, one of her friends, who is being adopted by a couple in our group, and then she relaxed and started getting happy. but she was still scared when it was just us. i can't load pics on, cause the computer's too slow, and it costs a lot, but we have tons, and i'll show them all to you.. through email or in person. then we had to leave them, to let them "process what had happened" and we went out for lunch. i ordered chicken chili spaghetti, thinking that sounded interesting... umm.... yea.. it wasn't quite wat we would call chicken.. or chili.... or spaghetti as a matter of fact. yum... haha.. so me and our leaders adopted daughter (she's 14), Berekti switched and i got her pizza. that wasn't so.... western... or.. good either, so i wrapped it up and took it home.. and gave it away!! lol. then today we went back to the foster home and got to take them home with us. we spent time with their caregivers and Haregwain, who found them and matched them up for us, and then we brought them back here to our guest house. (it's called the Weygoss Guest House by the way). they were really quiet on the drive.. they've never been on a vehicle before, but Ayana liked looking out the window, and Moses was dancing in my mom's arms! it was so cute. right now they're sleeping, and since i had nothing else to do, i decided to email you guys. i'll try to email some more. everything's so cheap here! it's so cool! i haven't gone shopping yet, but i think on friday or saturday we get to go to the biggest market in all of africa, so i'll be using a lot of money there. well, i should be going. it costs quite a bit to be on here. Bye!

This is the whole email I sent. I'm actually going to put pictures on this time, because we're home now. Even though I made this for our trip, I'll keep on posting about our whole adoption time. I'll post again today, but this is just my "looking back" post. So, goodbye for.. 5 minutes

~Erin~

* The first picture is the first time I held Moses
The second time is the first time I held Ayana
The third is the first time we were all playing together
The forth is the caregivers saying goodbye to all their kids.....
well they should be.. i'm not sure if the pictures worked......