Last week, Thursday, Mikias and I drove across the state to Battle Creek. We met up with other AAI families who are adopting, or have adopted, from Ethiopia. Many of the faces were familiar as we had met some earlier in the year. However, these faces were also all a glow as many of them are now waiting on court dates and the go ahead to bring their children home.
One face in particular was very exciting to see. Seth Kidus, Deanna and James' son, was part of the crowd. It was very fun to watch Mikias and Seth play next to each other. Although they did not run into each other's arms, it was still exciting to know that the two of them have a connection longer than either of our families do with our son. Seth is only 3 weeks older than Mikias and we are hoping that this past meeting is only the beginning of a continuation of a relationship that started many months and miles ago.
In other news, this past weekend, we went down to Fort Wayne to visit Alison and Tom. It was fun watching Mikias interact with their dog, Motts. It was also very funny how the words used to communicate with a dog and a crawling infant can overlap. There were many times where the two of them were crawling around or chasing each other. Good times had by all!
4 comments:
I love that picture, it looks like they are actually talking :)
I was bummed I couldn't go last weekend, but hope to meet Mikias soon!!
It is so neat that those boys, from the same orphanage, are connected here in MI. How fun to see that happen. It was great meeting you!
They are ADORABLE! Thank you for making the drive to BC! It was great to hear about your experience and to see the boys reunited :+)
"Reunited and it feels to good..." :+)
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