My 2 Ethiopian Girls: A Shower For "T"

Monday, July 14, 2008

A Shower For "T"

Last night Caren from choir organized a baby shower for us. It was just wonderful!

Here are some pictures ...

This is my sweet friend Caren and her husband Chris who threw the shower for us.

Daryl & Jennifer ... they are as thrilled as we are about this!

We had been given this "Money Tree" with gift cards and cash on it! We will plant this in the back yard and never forget as it grows big like "T".

Sweet cards, sweet words & prayers

David and I ... feeling so much for our friends and this journey

Libby (my biker partner), her sweetheart Brian, Me and Stephanie from choir.

Libby gave this to us ... her Father made the barbie case, her Mother hand sewed all of the clothes and she gave it to "T" as a gift ... can you imagine? It is so cute. And I should have (maybe I still will later) taken a close up of Ken ... silver shoOOOOOrt shorts on with roller skates and a glittery jacket. Very 70's .... How unique is this gift?

Emily lent me a beautiful white crib, Debra my neighbor who is so excited ... actually every one of our friends are totally on this journey with us, and precious Genet who is Mesfin's wife and who just came back from ET with 15 min. of video of "T" for us

3 comments:

Tymm said...: hey there - thanks so much for the kind words posted on our site - looks like you guys are almost on your way!! Good luck and God bless you guys...; July 14, 2008 at 2:01 PM
LISA said...: I Want your master list!!!
I love the barbie set!!; July 24, 2008 at 10:48 AM
ChasePlace said...: Jen and Isaac...from IAN
I am actually tearing up as I read this blog. How wonderful it is to have such supportive people surrounding you on this journey. I believe you are en route to Italy now but congratulations. May God go with you on this journey to bring home your little princess.; July 31, 2008 at 6:03 PM

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Welcome to our Site ... This is our Journey of our Adoption from Africa and our Life in Denver.

This journal (blog) is about adoption, our change of life from California to Denver and our little girl who we have adopted from Ethiopia. Our daughter came home to us after 9 months of tons of paperwork and she has come home to us on August 18th, 2008.

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So far, this has been an amazing journey. The adoption process is more "stuff" than you can imagine leading to what has been an incredible change in our lives. This journal is from my heart to you the reader and to our daughter whom we just recently met. It is also dedicated to the biological parents of our adopted girl who may or may not be alive. I do know that Tigist was placed in a safe place to be found by police, who then took her to an orphanage. In doing so, they saved her life! I applaud her Mother and/or Father's courage in the decision to offer their child a life full of opportunity. They decided to put her up for adoption by relinquishing her in such a way. This is such a touchy subject, yet very personal to both the biological parents and us. We will always honor them in the lives of our daughter...they will never be forgotten! That....I can promise.

Where we are in the adoption process....

We picked Tigist up in Addis Ababa August 9th, 2008. She is home, healthy and very happy!

We passed court on June 23rd 2008, traveled on July 31st, met Tigist on August 9th, and arrived home on August 18th.

What has changed is that we are not adopting two girls, which is what we started out attempting to do, but ended up with one amazing little 2 yr. old. Just another reminder how this process can be so unpredictable.

Why does our blog title says 2 girls...well, we sponsor a very sweet 12 year old girl in Ethiopia and have adopted another. So even though we weren't referred 2 girls as was the plan, the title coincidentally still applies to Our 2 Ethiopian Girls! One here, one there! We eagerly await the letters and pictures Fatuma sends us and we send letters and photos too.

The meaning of the Ethiopian flag

(adapted from a Yahoo group web posting and Unicef-Ethiopia)

Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in the world, and the only African country that has no history of colonization. Upon their independence, many African countries adopted the colors of the Ethiopian flag - green, yellow and red - that became known as the Pan-African colors.

The official flag of Ethiopia consists of three equal and horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands.

The significance of the colors on the Ethiopian flag are interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, as well as the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The red stripe stands for power, faith and blood. The yellow strip symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love. The green stripe represents the land and hope.

The yellow pentagram on the blue disk, also known as the National Coat of Arms, is a symbol of the current government; it is intended to reflect the desire of the nations, nationalities and peoples of Ethiopia, as well as of its religious communities, to live together in unity and equality. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity, and the blue disk represents peace.

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A Shower For "T"

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