Today we went to the transition home for Liam to play with his friends for a little while. Just Liam and I went, Josh we think may have food poisoning from some fish he ate yesterday he is feeling better now though a little. Liam loved getting to see all of the kids and his nannies. He is so spoiled, he is always sitting with or on somebody. He has not said anything since we have had him but today he was talking up a storm. One of the little girls touched his shoes and he said "don't touch my shoes" of course someone translated for me but I thought that was pretty funny. He did not want to leave today, he cried and pulled away, our driver had to carry him out, he wouldn't go with me. It is a lot of change for him and he has been a trooper so far, he stopped crying before we got outside the fence to the car so it wasn't too bad, but it was hard for me.
This afternoon there was a goodbye ceremony, we didn't really know what to expect but it was way more than I could have ever dreamed of. The workers from the transition home provided us each with a gift of traditional Ethiopian clothes; I got a dress, necklace, earrings and a bracelet; Josh got a shirt and a bracelet, and Liam got a pair of pants and a shirt with a bracelet. We all got changed into our new clothes and had a traditional Ethiopian meal, afterwards our driver (Girma) had told everyone that it is my birthday so they had the best cake I have ever eaten. I have no idea what it was but it was layered with cream icing and tasted like it had been soaked in cream every bite had a squirt of milk in it. Oh man I may have to come back here next year for more cake :). There is more, we also had another coffee ceremony then took a ton of pictures. This has been the best birthday ever! The director and our driver took turns recording the entire day, which means there are a lot of close ups to me eating....but they also went to each worker and asked them their name so Liam will have this forever, I am so excited that we will be able to show it to him one day (all 2 hours of it).
It was another struggle to leave but once again once outside the gate he was okay, he cried a little when we drove away but just for a minute. He is not much of a crier, only a couple of tears and he is over it. It is a lot for a little guy to understand. He is so happy, playful, and smiling as long as we are in our room but once out in public he tries to pretend he doesn't know us hahaha thought we had a few years before we got to that point.
He is a crazy sleeper, he is all over the crib, today he took a nap on his knees cross ways the crib....that's not how we put him in there. Last night he woke us up talking in his sleep which is pretty stinking cute since he wont talk to us any other time. Too bad we don't know what he is saying.
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