Ok.... so I've been bad about journaling the rest of the trip. Sorry! Life gets in the way.
After the great weekend spent with the kids they continued to stay with us in our hotel room every night until Tuesday night when they went back to Auntie Ruth's for Tues, Wed and Thurs nights so that they could go to school. We did however spend every afternoon after school with them. This was great because we were able to help them with their homework everyday which helped us judge where they are academically.
Monday was a day we arranged for the girls (Abi and her friend Rebecca) to have hair extensions put in their hair. It is extremely affordable in Ghana to do this and the girls love it!! It does however take MANY hours to accomplish. It was an all day thing to get both girls hair done but worth it because they loved it so much!
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| Abi getting her extensions |
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| And then Rebecca next |
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| The finished product....beautiful hair and two happy girls! |
On Tuesday we made a trip out to the village Abi and Joseph come from. It was a long journey in the AAI van (about 3 hours each way) but well worth it. We are so glad we went! Abi and Joseph were so excited to show us where they come from and so very proud to return to their village and introduce us. We met some extended family members and many other families who live in the village. For the purpose of privacy I'm not going to post any pictures right now or go into much detail. Let's just say it was a great experience that we will never forget and I don't think Abi and Joseph are likely to forget it either.
As I mentioned above the rest of the week we spent afternoons with the kids and then Friday they came back to spend our last night in Ghana with us. We went out to dinner that night at a place called Next Door Beach Restaurant. We were able to eat outside on a large patio and the view was beautiful!
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| Abi wanted to take a picture of us and of course we were being goofy |
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| The whole group (except me since I'm taking the pic) |
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| Joseph eating Fufu and lovin' it |
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| In case you wonder what Fufu is! |
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| Abi lovin' her "frenchy chips" |
Saturday we spent just hangin' with the kids. We walked to The Ultimate twice that day...once for breakfast and once for a later lunch/dinner. It was a kind of subdued day because we all knew we were leaving that night. Abi cried throughout the day and so did Joseph. Just a very emotional day for them and us. We kept assuring them we will be back and tried to talk a lot about the future so they could focus on that.
Saturday evening the AAI van came to pick us up and we stopped and picked Auntie Ruth and Rebecca up as well so they could all see us off at the airport. The airport was hectic and between all the traffic, all the people and the emotions of saying goodbye we headed to our gate feeling like we had been run over by a truck. If you're wondering if it was hard to say goodbye at the airport.....yes it was!! Very hard on all of us. So tough to bond like that and then say goodbye for who knows how long. 6-8 weeks??? The hope is no longer than that! And then I will be the only traveling to file the I600 so for Omar the time apart is much longer....probably 4 months or so....and again hopefully not longer.
The toughest part of adoption so far??? THE WAITING!!! Have I mentioned that before?
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