Today was a fairly laid back day. Yosef slept all night very soundly. Josh slept with him on the pull out
sofa. Josh didn’t sleep so great, but
Yosef did. The orphanage told us he
wakes up at 6am (not sure if he wakes then or they wake him) but he slept past
7 today. We went to breakfast in the
lobby and he ate a little of this and that.
We had ordered him firfir that comes with injera (Ethiopian breakfast)
and he nibbled at it. He ate a banana
and a little of Josh’s pancake.
We came back to the room and got the beach ball. We went outside to walk around and play. We kicked the ball and wandered all
around. I got a terrible headache around
mid morning and needed to lay down. I
took some medicine and Josh and Yosef played outside and ate lunch. Yosef took a good nap as did Josh and I. He did wake up crying from his nap and said “mommy”
so I ran over to lay with him and he went back to sleep.
After naps, we went to a local park and playground. Yosef didn’t play on the equipment much, just
walked around and took it all in. It was
probably a sensory overload we realized once we got there. I don’t think he went outside much at all –
basically stayed in two rooms at the orphanage.
So now we are at this giant park, there is a breeze and sunshine, grass
and trees, cars driving by and honking, people walking by – just so much to see
and experience. He walked around and
carried a water bottle that he has become very attached to. He’s showing great attachment signs
already. At the park several people
walked up and spoke to him and he clung to one of us, which is what we
want! He is doing so great with Josh, it’s
wonderful!
We are seeing glimpses of his personality and have seen
several smiles today. Man oh man is he a
two year old though. Into
everything! Tried to climb the
entertainment center. When we tell him
no or take something away (only b/c it’s dangerous) he sits down in the floor
and cries, hits the floor, just a good old tantrum! Fun times J
We respond by picking him up and
redirecting to something else and so far that has helped tantrums pass super
fast.
There is a small dog that lives here named Leo. She is very sweet although she jumps up. Yosef is very afraid of her. Curious, but afraid. We’ve already been discussing ways to work on
this with Scooby when we get home.
We came home from the park and took his first bath, with
us. He was basically wiped off every
other day I think at the orphanage. He
didn’t want to sit down which in turn made him a bit cold. He was crying but I’m quite sure it was more
the being cold part than anything. We
made it fast and then lotioned him down very thoroughly!
We cooked him some pasta with butter for dinner here in the
kitchen and he loved it. Josh went to go
make it but he wanted to go to, so we all went to the kitchen while he made the
pasta. He and I did walk back and watch
them making cheese for a few moments while the pasta was cooking. Yosef ate it all, drank his milk, and then
ate multiple crackers – similar to graham crackers but a little less
sweet. He played for a good while and
then we laid him down around 715 for bed.
He rolled around awhile but I lay with him until he went to sleep. We brought a blanket for him and he is
already attaching to it too. We have it
with him whenever he is tired, upset or we go anywhere. I hope it will become his lovey or his night
night as they are called in our household.
Yoftahe (our driver) got take out dinner for us and brought
it to the guest house. It’s so much
easier that way with Yosef now. We had
hamburgers, fries and oatmeal cookies after he went to sleep. The power has been going off and on which
apparently is quite normal. The guest
house has a generator which kicked on, however who knows when I’ll get this
posted because the internet isn’t working.
Tomorrow we have our Embassy appointment at 9am. Basically it’s a short interview to get Yosef’s
visa but it won’t be ready to pick up until Friday. Another family is staying here now too that
adopted two kids. Josh talked to them
tonight in the lobby as they had their Embassy appointment today.
He has been making lots more sounds and babbling today. He has even repeated a few words we have
said. We don’t know if the babbling is
Amharic or just babbling. He did lots of
sounds while Josh was reading him a bedtime story.
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