picture of the day

this was a game we played while we waited (and waited and waited) to get on our plane in addis. . . this particular game was called 'look at me, i'm wearing my plastic shorts on my head'

HOME!!!!!!

Tegarrific!

Well, it's official! We got his Ethiopian passport today with his US Visa inside it! We also got an enormous packet of paperwork sealed in an envelope that cannot be opened until he gets to customs in San Francisco, but it's official! So we're outta here on Sunday, overnight briefly in Dubai (6 hours at the airport hotel) then the 16 hour marathon flight back over the north pole to home.

Teg is about 18-20 pds, and is wearing 12-18 month clothes, 18 is the safer bet. He's got a big ol' belly and is thankfully not lactose intolerant.

See you all soon!

(via Adam)

Tegasaurus Roar!

Today we got the official court documents that show that the adoption
was successful, got a copy of his birth certificate with us listed as
parents and a copy of his ethiopian passport with us listed as
parents.
Tomorrow we go to the US embassy to be interviewed to get his visa,
which we will pick up on friday.

We also got to drive to the top of Mt. Entopo, with Teg asleep the
whole way up, where he pooped, and we then drove back down.

We've been eating lots of ethiopian food, though Teg is on a strict
diet of oats and formula.

We're steady rollin through all his different outfits, we'll have tons
pf pics and video when we get back.

Tegatronic!

Teg slept through the night, only waking up once for his bottle. He's been much much more energetic and interactive today. He's crawling now and goes from hyperactive to ready for a nap very quickly. We found out today that he was born on May 28th. So, he's about in the age range that we thought and he'll have a birthday coming up soon. he's very curious and can almost pull himself up to standing. All of his motor skills are great, he responds when he sees food, makes great eye contact, loves to interact with us and over all seems to be in great shape.

The power is out pretty frequently here or we'd have e-mailed more.

Probably just going to lay low with him at the hotel for most of the week, today's outing was a litle overwhewlming for him. On the upside, alicia and I got to have a traditional ethiopian coffee ceremony, and for dinner at the hotel tonight they had a traditional lamb bbq.

We are hoping to go to Mt Entoto and the Ethiopian museum this week. we'll see how it goes...

(Via Adam)

Got Him!

We just brought him back about an hour and a half ago. he's asleep now, he's a real snore monster. just as beautiful as he is in all the pictures and totally loves to play. He pretty much insists on being held, put him down for a second and he starts to cry.

We'll try to send pictures at some point, not sure if we can from here.


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In Addis

We got into Addis this morning and the city is gorgeous, much greener than we expected. It's also calmer and quieter than we'd anticipated. The guest house is great, there are several other families staying here and they make great ethiopian food. we got a chance to walk around town a little this afternoon and got some pictures.

the big news is that we'll get to get Teg tomorrow morning, a day earlier than expected, so we have to really start to read the baby book now!! hahahaha.

(via Adam)