Tuesday, April 26, 2011

First day in Addis (part one)

So this morning did not go quite as planned. We hoped to drop some formula off at an orphanage and perhaps play with our friends Bret and Ashley's littles. When we got to the orphanage they would not let us in because they could not get ahold of the director, (who thirty minutes prior told us we were welcome to come).

So after about 40 minutes we were able to locate him and head on into the orphanage. We were able to 'see' little London and Olivia, but it was not the morning we had planned. We thought we could play with them and love on them for their mommy and daddy. London was terrified of us


and only wanted to be in his nannies arms and Olivia was fast asleep.


So off to the next unscheduled stop of the day.

Since we were right down the street from his office, we were able to get a last minute meeting with our lawyer, or "liar" as Ella referred to him. (Jason and I got a good laugh out of that Freudian slip.)

After paper work was completed we asked again about going to see Sophie today. He replied with a "yes, you will go and take her after three." The accent makes communication a little hard at times so we double checked. "Take her, or visit her." To which he replied "She is your child now, you take her."

Okay we were not about to argue with that. Then he adds "We will see. If not today, tomorrow."

Okay then. At the very least we knew we would get to see her today and perhaps, take her. So we rushed back to out guest house. Scarfed down some lunch, and packed our bag for in case they let us take her. And then off we went again with our driver headed for Toukoul.

Ella was a nervous ball of energy. "Are we there yet?" and "Where is she?" as she paced by the window waiting for her sister to appear. And then just like that, she did. Her nanny deposited her in our arms and left. We were now a family of seven.

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