Days 2 and 3

On Saturday we visited Holy Trinity Cathedral and a little museum in the morning. The church was beautiful, it was the biggest Christian church in Addis until recently. The paintings on the ceiling and the stain glass windows were beautiful. Then we ate lunch at Blue Tops, we ate chicken again J. After lunch we got to spend more time with Jacob. He is very cuddly in the afternoons. He fell asleep in my arms! It was so nice to have the cuddle time with him. We get to spend about 2 ½-3 hours each day with him. I wish it was more, but I understand why they don’t want people hanging around the Transition Home all day, every day. Jacob is such a joy to be around! He just laughs and smiles all the time! It’s amazing how much we can love a little boy that we just met!!
Sunday morning we started the day out at an International Evangelical Church. The pastor said there were people from over 50 countries. It was awesome that we all came together to worship the same God! They sang songs we knew, and the pastor was originally from North Carolina, but he has been in Ethiopia for the last 15 years or so. After lunch at Island Restaurant (spicy Mexican), we got to go back to the Transition Home for more time with Jacob. He was sleeping when we showed up, but they told me to pick him up. He started to try to go back to sleep until he heard voices. He likes to look at what is going on around him. He also started to recognize our voices today. Jacob loves to see what’s going on and turns his head to see who is talking all the time. So he was up for a while and played and laughed. Then he took a quick little nap on me! But he woke up when the nanny came to change his diaper. I have gotten to feed him a bottle everyday. They give him about 6 oz every 3 hours. He has yet to finish a bottle. I don’t know if its too loud and too much going on around him or if he’s just not that hungry. He gained another 1 ½ lbs this past month, so I know he’s growing!
We have been eating lunches out with AWAA families and staff, then dinner is on our own. We have been eating most nights at our guest house. The food here hasn’t been agreeing with me lately, I’m really hoping that changes soon! This will be a long stay if I get sick everyday. It is worth it though if I get to see Jacob everyday!!!