2 months in the Country!!!!

Wow-I can't believe it-yesterday was 2 months that the boys have been in America-feels like much longer!!! They have done so much and learned and grown so much too!  Where does the time go??  It really makes you keep things into perspective when you think-gosh it has ONLY been 2 months-they have come so far!  Sometimes our expectations are so high that we forget these little guys (not so little anymore!!) were taken away from everything they'd ever known-food, culture, people,country, etc... and placed with a family they barely knew.  They really are doing great considering all of these factors! 

Last weekend we took them to Orlando to an Ethiopian restaurant-it was amazing!!  Great food and the nicest owners-they spent time with the boys speaking Amharic-the boys really enjoyed it!   The boys said it was GREAT injera-that is a HUGE compliment!!! We even brought some home and the owner told us we can freeze it-we did and it wasn't bad a few days later!  The boys really wanted these wrist and headbands with the Etiopian colors-I will post a  picture-it is really cute!  I love it how they are so in tune with their culture-we hope they never forget where they came from and always have a piece of Ethiopia in their heart.  After lunch, we took the miniature golfing and then we went to a gathering of families who are in the process or who have adopted from Ethiopia-that was nice to meet different people.  Most of the kids were younger, but the boys enjoyed it!  Hopefully we can find a few kids from Ethiopia who are in their age range-still searching!!!

This week we baked cookies-that was a riot!  We ate more of the batter than we had for cookies-just kidding-but they really enjoyed it!  Alex couldn't believe how the cookies got so BIG in the oven!  It is so much fun watching all of thee "FIRSTS" through their eyes!  They really want to see snow so we are contemplating going up to NY after Christmas.  Then we could also see our family and they can all spent time with them!  We'll see-hopefully it will all work out.  I get tired just thinking about a trip like that-but I know it will be totally worth it when we are there! 

Tonight I took Alex to "Movies in the Park"-a huge screen outside where all the kids and parents watched Monsters and Aliens!  The weather was perfect-just needed a little blanket (yes-even in Florida!!)!  It was the first time our town did it-huge success and a lot of fun for the kid!  Joseph didn't want to go so he went with dad to baseball!    Sometimes it is good for the kids to get quality time alone with each parent-we are learning that quickly!  Life is good.....

Hoping to hear good news on Danny and Yordanos soon-Danny's paperwork is all done and Yordanos is close if not already done.  Just waiting for them to be filed for a new court date-it is 2 years this month we have been witing for them to come home.  Makes me sad...but we will wait as long as it takes-they are our kids. 

Here are a few pics of the boys-more later!  Take a look at th last picture of Alex on his "man-made contraption"!!