Since we changed countries, we never updated our pet name for the baby. Well, the search has ended, and we've landed on Opie!
No, not like Opie Taylor. More like Ethi-Opie.
Deep, I know. Aren't we clever?
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008
thing 1, thing 2
Ahhh.... still no signs of our paperwork from CIS. *sigh* BUT! I've kept myself somewhat distracted with projects over the last week or so.
I've been into sewing lately, and I found this cool pattern on chickpeastudio. And we just found out some of our friends are expecting twins! So I whipped up these #1, #2 bibs. The most exciting part for me was learning how to incorporate snaps, since I had never done it before. It was surpringly easy, and I'm a little giddy now that they're done!
Now, how to decide who wears #1?
I've been into sewing lately, and I found this cool pattern on chickpeastudio. And we just found out some of our friends are expecting twins! So I whipped up these #1, #2 bibs. The most exciting part for me was learning how to incorporate snaps, since I had never done it before. It was surpringly easy, and I'm a little giddy now that they're done!
Now, how to decide who wears #1?
Monday, February 18, 2008
V-day Buffet
Well, we're waiting on one final form before our dossier is complete—the revised approval from CIS. Then we'll be on our way to D.C. for authentication! Hopefully we'll get the approval this week.
Eric took me out to eat for Valentine's day. It was a place called Abyssinia, where they serve authentic Ethiopian food! The lady who served us was from a part of the country called Facil. (We could not find it on a map, so maybe that's a local name or something.) She gave us recommendations on what to try, and we ended up getting a huge sampler tray of food. It was so spicy and delicious!! They serve it with this funky bread, called injera.
I've heard injera described as a spongy pancake, but Eric and I thought it looked more like a wet blanket. Somewhere between pudding and bread. Appetizing...right? Actually, it's awesome... with a sort of sourdough flavor, and it's used as an eating utensil, since everything is eaten with your hands. (This primitive form of eating seemed to suit Eric very well.)
After 3 refills on the bread, and countless glasses of water (that'sa one spicy meatball), I tried to stop myself from eating anymore, as my stomach stretched to dangerous levels... but I continued to nibble until I was in a food coma. The bread... oh! so good! The spicy sauces...so addictive! We tried our best, but could not finish the last bit, and finally had to call it a night.
Needless to say, it was a delicious meal, and I think it made us look forward even more to our trip to Ethiopia! Beautiful babies and scrumptious food... heaven on earth!
Eric took me out to eat for Valentine's day. It was a place called Abyssinia, where they serve authentic Ethiopian food! The lady who served us was from a part of the country called Facil. (We could not find it on a map, so maybe that's a local name or something.) She gave us recommendations on what to try, and we ended up getting a huge sampler tray of food. It was so spicy and delicious!! They serve it with this funky bread, called injera.
I've heard injera described as a spongy pancake, but Eric and I thought it looked more like a wet blanket. Somewhere between pudding and bread. Appetizing...right? Actually, it's awesome... with a sort of sourdough flavor, and it's used as an eating utensil, since everything is eaten with your hands. (This primitive form of eating seemed to suit Eric very well.)
After 3 refills on the bread, and countless glasses of water (that'sa one spicy meatball), I tried to stop myself from eating anymore, as my stomach stretched to dangerous levels... but I continued to nibble until I was in a food coma. The bread... oh! so good! The spicy sauces...so addictive! We tried our best, but could not finish the last bit, and finally had to call it a night.Needless to say, it was a delicious meal, and I think it made us look forward even more to our trip to Ethiopia! Beautiful babies and scrumptious food... heaven on earth!
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
pluggin-n-chuggin...
Just a quick note to say that we've working hard on our new application, and things have moved along incredibly smoothly. *knock on wood*
We're waiting on our revised CIS approval for Ethiopia, and then we'll be on our way to D.C., baby! Woo hoo!
In the mean time, I'm gonna have to think of a new name for the blog. Finding Baby Borat was soooooo last week...
We're waiting on our revised CIS approval for Ethiopia, and then we'll be on our way to D.C., baby! Woo hoo!
In the mean time, I'm gonna have to think of a new name for the blog. Finding Baby Borat was soooooo last week...
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