A Bevy of Boys: On the day we met....

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

On the day we met....

There is so much more to write about the day that we finally got to hold our boy in our arms, but these pictures will suffice for now.....

First time seeing Eli.

Eli meeting his Daddy.

First time holding Eli.

"It's really you!"

Eli happy on Mommy's lap.

4 comments:

KendellMarch 11, 2010 at 12:29 AM
Precious, precious, precious!!! Those made me all teary-I hate when you do that to me!!!
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Kristen, pajama mamaMarch 11, 2010 at 12:58 PM
so beautiful, jen!
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RuthanneMarch 11, 2010 at 10:23 PM
awww....I still haven't posted my pictures...I want to do it right and just can't put it all into words yet.
Is it weird that my son is home and I still scanned your pictures looking for him? lol
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JenMarch 13, 2010 at 8:14 PM
Not weird at all. I still do it, even though I know he's not going to be in any of them!
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Why Ethiopia?

In Ethiopia, approximately 1 in 10 children die in infancy, and nearly double that number die by their 5th birthday, due to infections, tetanus and diarrhea. Ethiopia is considered the 3rd worst place in the world to be born, better only than Burkina Faso and Djibouti. Of the children who survive, many will lose their mother in childbirth and many more will lose one or both parents to HIV/AIDS.

As more and more parents die, the capacity of extended family members to take care of orphans shrinks. Ethiopia has reached the breaking point where orphaned children are now forced into the streets, into difficult working conditions and/or into heading their households.

In 2001, 13.2% of the population, 3.8 million children, was orphaned. In comparison, the 1994 genocide in Rwanda resulted in 500,000 orphans and the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia resulted in 10,000 orphans. In 2006, American parents adopted only 731 orphans. 3,799,269 orphans remain vulnerable.

(courtesy of www.ethiopianrelief.org)

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