Bringing Our Girls Home

These are pictures of us going to pick up the girls from the Transition House. I would love to show more pictures of all the children but I am not sure who all has passed court, so I can't show most of them. The kids were so fun. We brought dum dum suckers, which were a huge hit. And Meggan sent stickers for us to give the kids, as you can see in the pictures....another huge hit.

This is Eliza and her nanny, Hiwot.


Hannah meeting the girls for the first time.

This little boy is Abenet, I think he is from the same region as our girls. He was the sweetest boy. On our court date trip when we had to take the girls back the the transition home I was a mess saying good bye and Alazar was trying his hardest to explain to Ava what was happening. Abenet jumped down from his bunk bed and came over and started talking to Ava--explaining that I was her Mommy and I would be back soon to get her. Of course, I cried harder. I gave him the biggest hug and kiss, and he smiled from ear to ear knowing he helped us.

This is Yonni...his father Tony, stayed with us at Addis Flower, so Ava and Yonni got to play together all week. He was so tiny but hilarious. Ava loved playing with him. She recently saw his picture on FaceBook and yelled "Hi Yonni"


This is the sister of the little girl above with Abenet.