A Bevy of Boys: He's official!!

Friday, May 28, 2010

He's official!!

It's official -- "Shimeles Tegene Ayalew" is now "Elliot Shimeles Tegene Briola", and he has been readopted here in Texas! He refused to smile for the group photo (would you after 2 hours of complete boredom??), but after some tickling in Daddy's arms, the real Eli showed his personality once again...

6 comments:

KendellMay 28, 2010 at 10:01 PM
WOW!!! That was FAST!!! Eli looks AMAZING-such a killer smile...and his parents are total hotties as well! Congrats on having everything FINAL! WOOOHOOO!!!
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ConsultantMay 28, 2010 at 10:28 PM
Love it! He's so adorable. Congratulations!
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KatMay 28, 2010 at 10:47 PM
SOOO very awesome! Your family is just beautiful! How far everyone has come to form your family...so cool!!! :)
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RobinsonsMay 30, 2010 at 9:04 AM
Wow!! Yea!! He is so cute!
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one + oneMay 30, 2010 at 10:03 AM
Congrats!!
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DardiMay 31, 2010 at 8:22 AM
Congrats!!
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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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