Our Court Date

On October 31, we passed court. It was really non eventful. We sat in a room with other CCI families and answered a few questions. The one that stands out is when she asked, “Do you understand the adoption is permanent and cannot be revoked?” The she told us specifically that Obsi is ours.

Just like that we are a Party of Six.

Wow.

The girls stayed at the Guest House with some older kids and had a blast helping care for one of the babies. They also introduced the IPad to their new African friends. Evidently, Angry Birds is a universal language! They also had their hair braided. Love watching them let some things go. Love that they see with a different lens. Love watching them be givers of self.

That afternoon, we ventured on a tour of Addis with another family and their soon to be adopted 8 and 10 year old! It was really fun. We went to the market and Emery had her first experience of what it means to be a blonde kid in Africa. There were a group of children who got out of school and were passing by. They were very curious about her and a few minutes later, I noticed Emery getting a little emotional. When I pulled her aside to check on her, she informed me of how some of the kids had pinched her, kicked at her and poked her….bless her. I felt just awful, but knew these kids were not being mean, they just wanted to touch her. We were able to purchase some things from the market for the kids to take to their classmates and I may have done a little bit of Christmas shopping.

We later went up to Entoto Mountain which looks over the city. It was rugged. We saw this huge ant like parade, which we later learned these were ants with pinchers! Poor Em, again, was the victim of their claws and was such a trooper as we are literally ripping her shirt off to see what in the world was biting her!

It was a wonderful life changing day.