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We’re all packed and ready to go! We depart at 12:00 noon tomorrow, June 30th and arrive in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Thurday, July 1st at 7:00pm. Then we head to Gondar (Makai’s birth place), known as the Camelot of Africa (there are more castles per square mile in Gondar than any city in Europe). We will spend a couple days exploring Gondar and Lake Tana, then head back to Addis on July 4th. The agency will bring us Makai the afternoon of July 4th or the next morning, June 5th.
Check out all our luggage! Yes, 6 suitcases! Two suitcases are full of humanitarian aid items though . . . full of diapers, wipes, clothes and toys for the orphanages in Ethiopia. We also have a few care packages to deliver to kiddos of waiting families.
We will try and post updates and pictures while in Ethiopia, depending on internet access. If not, we’ll have lots to share when we return.
Below are photos of Makai’s room inspired by this room on http://www.ohdeedoh.com/.
It’s hard to tell from this photo, but the bluish/green color on the wall is actually the same color as my inspiration room. It’s a Benjamin Moore paint called Robin’s Nest (Color #618).
I originally planned to paint the Jenny Lind style crib yellow (like in my inspiration piece) but chickened out and just went with white. BTW, I found the crib on Craigs list from another adoptive parent. When she found out I was adopting, she just gave it to me!
The chair and changing table, I also got for free. So all in all, we spent very little on his room. It’s not exactly my inspiration room, but I am happy how it turned out.
It’s time for us to pay it forward, so if any of you have packages or pictures you’d like delivered to your little ones, please send them our way! Email a photo and your childs info, in the format below please. We will also do our best while we are there to get you some photos and videos. BTW, we leave on June 30th.
Child’s Name
Gladney Foster Care Home #___
Your name/email
Email me at shannon at zipstardesign dot com, I can’t wait to meet all of your cutie pies!
There’s one less orphan in the world today. Meet our baby boy, Makai Jaden West (formerly known as Habtamu big). Our embassy date is July 8th and we’ll finally get to meet him for the first time on July 5th!
Court didn’t pass for us today. 
There was a small clerical error on our paperwork. I guess they put 6/6/10 (which is a Sunday) as our court date instead of 6/4/10. Since the judge reviews cases in date descending order, he will now review our case on Monday. The in-country staff feel confident that we’ll pass on Monday though.
