the final steps

we had our embassy interview today! little a's visa will be ready tomorrow morning at 10am! we are currently trying to figure out which flight to take home.  we have enjoyed our time here but are ready to make our way home and get settled in before big L starts kindergarten at the end of august!

submitted to embassy. . .and a little glitch

our paperwork has been submitted to the embassy! this is great news.  but apparently there is a global glitch in the visa processing system  so until they sort that out we will be staying put. . . at least we have a little apartment with a kitchen and new legos (thanks to my dad and his wife!) and well, we've been waiting to get to ethiopia for almost 4 years so we might as well have some fun while we're at it!

Medical clearance finished!

Tomorrow we will submit our pile of paperwork to the US embassy! Next step will be getting an 'interview' to get the travel visa. 

a good story

so last night we had quite an experience at Bata -- a restaurant with very interesting 'architecture.'

anyway, hopefully the story will be up soon on:
www.berberecoffeeinjeraplease.blogspot.com

getting closer still

started the visa medical today. . . tb test check on wednesday.  assuming all is clear with the tb test, we then move on to the very last step of submitting our papers to the embassy to get a visa to transport this little ethiopian to US soil. . . 

Making sweet progress

Birth certificate was issued. Passport is also ready. Next we have a 4 day medical clearance and then we submit to embassy for the visa! We have been so lucky with our process since we've arrived in Ethiopia!

Court Decree

Yesterday (july 14) we got our court decree so that means we finally got to go get our boy and bring him back to our guesthouse! It also happened to be his 2nd birthday! To celebrate, big brother hit little brother in the face with a green balloon for a while (so many giggles from both) and then a few beers were drank by the grownups. Now we wait for our MOWA letters. In the meantime we plan to feed this little man as he is quite small. And if you're wondering why I'm awake at 4:38 am in addis it's because we are all 4 crammed in a tiny room and the two youngest ones snore!!! Which is fine because the call to prayers from the local mosque will start soon and I love listening to it