Day 2...The Meeting

Yitayish swinging on the swings at Hannah's Hope



Seble running at Hannah's Hope

After a very restless night sleep, we awoke excited and nervous. We got a nice hot shower (we didn't know this would be our ONLY hot shower of the trip...Haha). We then all met downstairs for breakfast and awaited Almaz. I spotted her walking up the stairs and we all ran to the window. It was so cute. We filled out our paperwork for about an hour and she then said, "O.k. let's go meet you kids!" I almost had a heart attack.
Walking to Hannah's Hope, I felt so scared. When we came to the gate, I could hardly breathe. We walked in and the people adopting infants went right over to them. I watched and cried. I then looked for our kids but didn't see them. I felt anxious and nervous and then heard, "Mommy". Standing in the distance was Yitayish. She looked EXACTLY as I imagined she would...from size, to movement, to voice. I had dreamt of her. I then saw Seble and Tewodros and ran right to them. Shawn followed behind. It was amazing.
We played at Hannah's Hope for about an hour. Seble struggled. She cried and seemed very unsure. Yitayish and Tewodros took it all in stride. I was very calm for the kids and felt so at peace.
At lunch, we left the older kids at Hannah's Hope (including our guys) so they could have lunch and get ready. We got ready at the hotel and then went for our embassy appointment. The appointment was perfect. The embassy worker said "Congratulations" and I cried. We then went backt to the hotel WITH our kids for a quiet night of dinner and relaxation.