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We're home...and tired!  I'm too tired right now to think about a blog post, so to hold you over, here are my facebook posts (for those of you who haven't already read them) from the time we were in Ethiopia.

April 22, 2011 
We made it to Ethiopia! I'm surprised by how emotional everything is making me--the smells, the barking dogs, the "Welcome to Ethiopia" sign in the airport... The Addis View Hotel is very nice and helpful (and we've only been here for a few minutes!). Tomorrow's the big day to get H & M! Goodnight everyone (or good day to those of you in the US!)

April 23, 2011 
We have Hawi & Misikir! We just had a nice lunch together. H & M taught us some Amharic words (they thought we were pretty funny sometimes). Time for us to go relax together.

April 24, 2011 
Happy Easter! We're going to the Care Center this morning for an Easter coffee ceremony. We all slept well last night--I think the kids slept about 11 hours! Oh--our "relaxing" yesterday turned into walking to a big open area near our hotel and starting a game of soccer with some local boys. Aaron really got a work out!

April 25, 2011 
We had a good day yesterday. Today we're off to the zoo. I'm looking forward to getting home again, but it's good to have this time here in Ethiopia. We're all healthy on this trip and other than the sunburns Aaron & I have we're doing great!

April 25, 2011 
We just had cake for supper! Fun! Hawi & Misikir were cracking me up earlier with the games they were playing with each other. Love to hear them laugh!

April 27, 2011 
leaving for the US Embassy in a few minutes!

April 27, 2011 
Back from Embassy--everything went well! Our adoption is completely final!

April 28, 2011 
Heading to Sele Enat in a few minutes. I didn't expect to go back there so many times this week, but it has been good for the kids to say goodbye gradually.

April 28, 2011 
Back from the orphanage. We had a really nice last visit. Hawi had her hair washed & braided one last time (they do such a good job). The nannies gave the kids gifts (we have lots of Ethiopian music now!). No tears when we left--lots of "see you in America" instead. It was a good day.

April 29, 2011 
Back from having dessert at a local restaurant. Our last night in Ethiopia. Over the Hedge is on in an hour. As long as the kids don't go to bed (they just go to bed on their own when they feel like it) we're having a movie night!

April 30, 2011 
Checking out of our hotel and heading to the airport now! See you in America!

April 30, 2011 
In Frankfurt, Germany. About 4 hours until our next flight. Hawi slept the entire flight here & is sleeping now. Misikir watched some movies & slept a little. Now he's watching the planes outside. Kids used escalators for the first time. They were a little hesitant at first, but I think they got it now! I'm so ready to be home.

May 2, 2011 
home...tired...adjusting to 5 kids...God is Good