The Trip

Well, look at that--writing not even one day later! Luke is taking his morning nap so I thought I'd try to quickly write. I just want to tell all of you who are in the 'thick' of the adoption process right now, it is all worth it! All the ups and downs that we went through were erased once we had that little boy in our arms! (Don't get me wrong, we still have our moments, but all in all, things are pretty darn good!) Luke sleeps for about 11 hours each night...although he did decide to scream for an hour last night. I have to admit, that's pretty good for only being home for three weeks.

Like I said yesterday, Ethiopia was great. Luke didn't seem to have too much trouble adjusting to us, although he sure didn't sleep a lot while we were there. (Scot and I soon realized that for years, although we had thought that we were tired, you truly don't know the meaning of exhaustion until you're up all night with a baby!) We stayed at the Desalagn (I think I spelled that wrong) and I would highly recommend it. The staff went above and beyond to help us---they'd bring up boiling water for us to wash Luke's bottles and it was great to have the room service for ordering food. The rooms were also very clean, too, which is important if you are a neat freak like myself!

Alemeu, Gestachew, and Sami were also absolutely wonderful. Our luggage actually didn't arrive until 2 days before we left (lovely, huh!) but Alemeu was great and took us shopping the first day so we could buy stuff for Luke. We also had a great time with Alemeu at the Ehtiopian dinner. I think that was our favorite part of the trip. The dancers are amazing!!! Ethiopia is such a beautiful land, too. Like I said, it was just really great. I am so excited for all of you who are traveling soon!!!! You are going to have such an amazing time.

Life As a Family of Three

Hello! I apologize immensely to everyone who was following our blog. Life got VERY busy VERY quickly. We've been home for three weeks today. Luke is doing great! He is a happy, healthy boy. (He weighed 18 pounds at his last doctor's appointment and is 27 inches long.) He turned 7 months last week and Scot and I have enjoyed seeing all his changes. He's rolling over tons and gives us lots of smiles! We had a GREAT time in Ethiopia. To all of you who are yet to travel, you are going to have such an amazing experience. We can't say enough nice things about all the people and the staff from AAI. Sorry so short, but that's all for now. I can't make any promises, but I'll try to write more soon!