Our first full day/night together

Today is Wednesday. Update on the boys. T has not had one accident with us. We've worked out a system for him to let us know when he needs to use the washroom. Actually this is his system and we picked up pretty fast. For #1 he grabs his penis. If he grabbed his bum and scrunched up his face this means #2. T now LOVES his daddy. He is very talkative and sings to himself. He eats bananas, avocados, pizza, pasta, squash, mango and chocolate cake. K also likes bananas and mango but not avocados. Cheerios are a big hit with both. T is regularly calling me mommy and Rick daddy. He has had several meltdowns when he doesn't get his way but they're short, same for K.

On Monday, after we left our birth families visit we went to the other couples. I think I mentioned they were from the same village. This visit was much the same as ours. At the end we ate again. They served us coffee from their backyard. Its sooooo good. They serve it black with sugar.

When we left we went to stay at what we were told was a nice hotel. People define nice differently. We ate at the hotel restaurant and that was a good meal.

On Sunday, we fed K for the first time in his nursery. His room has about 8 children in about 5 cribs. All the children' ages range from 6-12 months. The nanny places all the children on the floor in a circle. They eat many different things besides bottles. Usually injera. Injera is the food of Ethiopia. They eat it three meals a day and I hope I don't eat it again soon. It's like a fermented pancake. They serve it with different stew like foods. The nanny tears a piece of injera, mush's it with her fingers, and adds the stew. Then with her hands she feeds the babies. It looks like a mother bird feeding their baby birds. Rick and I tried some of K's food and found our 1 year old son has a higher tolorance for spicy food than we do.

In T's house, all the children sit at round tables. First they all say a prayer of thanks for their food. Then the nannies give each child a plate of injera with stew. Most children could feed themselves. After they eat, all the children are lined up on potty's outside. What amazed Rick and I was when they were at the tables and on the potty's no one tried to get up. It was their routine and they went with the flow. After potty time they take naps.

On Tuesday, we had both T and K for the morning. It took a while before I could get K to interact with me or look me in the eyes. Then we brought them back to their houses so we could go out shopping. K went fine but T had a wild meltdown. It broke our hearts. After shopping we went to get the boys again. K was angry with me and he showed it. I had to start from square one with him to gain his trust. On Wednesday, we were supposed to go to the Blue Nile falls but we decided not to. We had the boys sleep in our room last night for the first time and stayed with them all day. It has been fantastic.