this is Ethiopia.
i have never seen anything like this country.
poverty, destitution, yet such amazing and beautiful people.
i am forever changed by the country of my daughter's birth.
and now for Bristol...
this is today on her first day home exploring her bedroom.
she is more beautiful, more remarkable than words. she has transitioned so easily into our family. she loves her siblings. she spends lots of time on her big sissy's hip. she plays and crawls all around us. she sleeps like a champ. hardly cries and really that is just a whine when she is hungry or tired. is actually a social butterfly. she responds to "bristol" and to her ethiopian name "askedech". is an easy baby. rode in her first carseat EVER and slept in her crib in her new room last nite without a hitch. she has the cutest dimple in her left cheek. and gorgeous eyes. she is perfect!
she had an incredible welcoming committee celebrating her arrival to America...thanks everyone for praying for us, loving us, taking care of our kids back here while we were gone, and for coming to welcome her HOME! (i know our welcoming crew got better pics than me of our arrival...send me those pics! and post them too if you want!)
above is the kiddos first morning together as a fantastic foursome!
out of the entire world (literally) God chose HER for our family.
and we are forever blessed!
what a gift from God and we are overjoyed to have her home.
can't wait for everyone to meet her.
more pics and the day by day details of our adventures to Bristol in Ethiopia coming soon:)
10 comments:
So sorry I missed seeing you guys last night! I had the stomach virus! Jesse and the kids said she was so "sweet"! I can't wait to see her and hold her! So glad she is home!
Courtney, I am so very happy for all of you and so glad you are home. What an experience going to another country like that! I know it is a true shocker and makes your adoption even more precious! Is funny, Briley looks SOOOOOOOOO grown up now! Crazy how that happens :)
God Bless you all....I want badly to squeeze Bristol's little thighs, they look so squishy! hee hee
Congrats! So exciting to see beautiful Bristol in her crib at HOH during my trip to ET and now to see her with her wonderful forever family! GOD IS GOOD! Congrats again!
Wow!!!! She is beautiful..love all the pics! jenny griggs
Congrats!! She is so beautiful and it is so good to see your family united.
We, too, have been forever changed by our trip to Ethiopia.
Oh beautiful, I pray that our transition into the new dynamic of our family will ba as smooth as yours! Bristol is a beautiful name and so is Askadech! My daughters Ethiopian name is similar...Asebech. Many more blessings to you and your family!
Toni
So amazing!!
Welcome home!! Bristol is beautiful and perfectly chosen for your precious family! So happy for you!! :)
Just awesome..Love the pics and love BRISTOL!
As I sit here with tears and a huge lump in my throat I can not being to explain how full my heart is for you!!! HOW PRECIOUS IS YOUR DAUGHTER? I cannot wait to meet her in person! Congrats family!!!
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