Our Last Day In Ethiopia - Sat. Oct 6
On our last day we were able to drive around the city and see some of the outskirts. It is such a beautiful country, the mountains are gorgeous and the overlooks are even more gorgeous. The area that we drove to is were the "poor" live, the women in this area get up every morning and walk about 2 miles up a mountain to the forest, there they cut branches, vines, etc. then carry the huge 100-150 pound bundles on their back, back to there home where the sell them in the market. I have pictures but I will post them later. There is also a well on the top of the mountain so there were lots of children and women carrying the huge jugs of water on there backs back to their homes. This was such an eye opening trip, I am so glad that we were able to see some of the areas outside of the city on this trip.
We arrived at the airport around 4pm even though our flight didn't leave until 10pm because there is really only so much you can do in Ethiopia....it was good though, we ate supper and Liam and Josh played for a couple of hours before we boarded the plane so he was worn down enough to go right to sleep. Our flight ended up coming in almost an hour late, then we had to sit on the plane for almost an hour before we took off. We flew 6 hours to Rome to get fuel, which was supposed to take an hour but there was an electrical issue and it took 3.5 hours (we did not get off the plane) this made our total time on the airplane about 21 hours :( Liam did awesome, he slept most of the time, played, sang, flirted with all the women around us, but never cried! He is a champ! Josh and I however were ready to get off the plane!!! I had a little more trouble with the flight home, my legs and ankles were swollen, my knee cramped, plus the wonderful charlie horses that woke me up, I was completely exhausted, since we were 7 hours ahead in Ethiopia, I had been up for almost 48 hours before we finally got to check into a hotel. We of course missed our connecting flight, were put on standby, then sent to from Dulles to Ragen Airport in DC only to miss that flight because they sent us too late, but we were finally put up in a hotel where Liam and I went to sleep as soon as we walked in the room. It was a very rough trip but we finally made it to KY Monday afternoon.
Week in KY
I am so glad that we decided to stay with my parents for a week before we headed back to TX. Liam loved all the attention and had such a great time. He adjusted so quickly we woke up at 3:30 on Monday but after that he was pretty much on schedule to get up sometime between 6:30-7:30 which was awesome. It really helped me and Josh to adjust having my parents there to play with him while we got to sit down and relax a bit, especially me. We also managed to pass a cold around to all 3 of us that week, but we are all better now. Liam has done so great, he has hardly cried at all, only when it is time to sleep which he HATES but there has just been so much going on he has wanted to stay awake so he wouldn't miss anything.
He is scared of the dogs, even Melanie's Yorkie, and the chickens, and cats....I am sure it is all new to him. By the time we left we was petting Molly the Lab but only if she was asleep :) We got to see some friends with kids his age while we were there, Liam really loved it, he was shy at first but he played his heart out after he got warmed up. I am so glad he has not had any trouble adjusting or bonding, there is definitely nothing wrong with his personality. He is always laughing, smiling, winking, hugging, and now waving.
A lot of people have asked about his clothes from the baby shower, most of them still fit yay! He is in 18 month clothes now but some of the 12 month stuff still fits.
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