Ethiopia Days 4, 5, 6 - Meeting Our Sons

On Sunday there was a fish market we wanted to see in Awassa but if we were going to meet our sons that day we needed to get on the road early. After waiting two long years we just weren't in the mood to wait another day so we high-tailed it back to Addis, making only one stop for breakfast at a beautiful resort on Lake Langano.

We arrived at the Bejoe Guest house, where we stayed for the remainder of our trip, and did a little unpacking and got some toys ready.

Nervous new daddy...

...and mommy waiting for the car to arrive with our sons. I have never been that excited or nervous before.

I had these grand plans to wait in the garden for Travis to bring the boys to us so that we wouldn't overwhelm them. I had grand plans of not crying too but as soon as that car drove through the gates all grand plans went out the window.

I hurried down to the car to meet our sons!

They came right to us without a single tear (on their part anyway!).

We took them up to the lawn where we had laid out a blanket and their little backpacks full of toys.

They were a little uncertain at first but I showed them some pictures of us that we had sent over in care packages and it broke the ice when they recongnized that we were the Mommy and Daddy in those pictures. They sang us a little song about Mommy and Daddy and America.

Legos helped break the ice too!

We spent the next couple days at the guest house getting to know each other. Looking back on it I can see now how nervous they were but they were also full of giggles, songs and not a single tear. They were sleeping through the night. They were eating whatever we put in front of them. We couldn't believe how well things were going. It all changed on Wednesday but those first few days were definitely our long awaited honeymoon!

We were living in the moment during this time and these are the only photos I took!