Ethiopia Post 2

Day 3:  This was Sunday.  Nothing was really scheduled for this day, so we spent the morning with E at the orphanage.  After eating lunch at the guesthouse, we decided to visit the National Museum of Ethiopia.  It took a little convincing of our 11 year old travel partner, but he agreed and we enjoyed it.  We saw, among many things, the "Lucy" exhibit.  Ethiopia is such an amazing country.  The history is incredible.  I just loved being there. 

 

 

I made N take pictures of these beautiful flowers.  

 The rest of Sunday was spent with E, playing in the courtyard, looking through our photo album, using sidewalk chalk, taking pictures, giving piggy back rides.  Very special memories.  I'm trying so hard to remember little details that really are the substance of any trip.  Like the tiny little spoons we used to stir our coffee at the guesthouse, the names of the guards who walked us back and forth to see E, hearing pots and pans clanging in the kitchen and trying to guess from the wonderful smells what was for dinner, as the great lady who cooked for us at the guesthouse puttered about.  Our time spent with other families also at the guesthouse also made out trip so unique, hearing their stories and meeting their children. 

Here are some photos from our time visiting with E.  She loved to take the camera and take pics too.

 These are the pictures (and these are only a few:) that we will show to document our first days together.  Though we don't have pictures of her birth, or coming home from the hospital, or her first birthday, we do have beautiful memories of our first days together as a family and I hope they will be just as treasured.