We made it to Addis and have out little boys

Yeah!!! I heard from them. Here is the e-mail I received from Wendy & Mark:

Hello from Addis:

We made it, there is no doubt that the flight was very long. We still have not 100% adjusted to the time zone but are getting there. The Sidama Lodge is wonderful and has only been open 7 weeks. The staff has been excellent. There are a few minor inconveniences of staying here - one being the internet. They have wireless Internet which is great if you bring a laptop, so it has not been the easiest thing to deal with. The other downfall is that there are not too many restaurants nearby so we have to order our food which is OK. I think Mark and I will lose a little bit of weight before we get home.

We went to pick up the boys yesterday at the orphanage and experienced our first traditional coffee ceremony. We have the boys with us. In the first 24 hours, Mark and I have experienced the Ethiopian "blow out". Let me tell you nothing will prepare you for them. We definitely have our poop stories.

Kaleab is very shy and the only way he would come near us is for us to give him candy. Kaleab likes beep beeps (cars) and balls and he sticks his tongue out all the time. (Remind you of someone, mom?) Isaac is a very good natured baby and only cries when he is hundry or wants to get up. He is definitely close to crawling. He can get up on all fours and he likes to talk. Besides that, Isaac tries to put everything in his mouth.

We definitely estimated sizes wrong. Kaleab should be wearing 18 months and size 6 or 7 for shoes. Isaac should probably be wearing 3-6 months but he will grow into the 6-9 months that we have.

There is so much to say but we want to get back to the boys. We will definitely hug and kiss them for all of you. Please keep us in your prayers.

Hopefully we will be able to e-mail on Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Thank you all for taking this journey with us.

Love,

Wendy, Mark and Char