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Monday, March 25, 2013

She is here

Yep after a year of waiting we finally have Taite. It has been a long day and a whirlwind. This morning we all met downstairs in the lobby of my hotel. I waited eagerly downstairs for them to bring` the babies. I am not the only person in Hohhot who is adopting. There is another family here who I actually connected with before I left and they were getting their son Gavin this morning.
The babies showed up right at 10am and it was hard to believe that there Taite was in the flesh. She seemed very timid and sad. The nanny shared with me that she was sad to be leaving her friends. After a few minutes the tears set in. I think she was terribly scared. I knew that adopting a toddler was going to be rough because of language and just that age when there is so much unknown but yet known. After we completed some paperwork it was time to bond. I brought her up to the room and she did cry for a while then she fell asleep. Finally when she woke up we went to go have lunch and I think we bonded over food. She seems to have a big appetite. She was much happier yet still very reserved. When came back to the room and she took another 20 minute cat nap and then played. She is addicted to the toy cell phone I brought for her. Thank goodness because all the other toys could take a hike for all her cares right now.
Tonight for dinner her and I went to pizza hut and again she ate extremely well. She seems to love food. She was so cute too because at first I started feeding her and blowing on her food then she wanted to take over. She was doing exactly what I was doing. She would put a piece of food and her fork and blow on it. Then she wanted me to say it was ok to eat and she would eat it.
Taite has not spoken a word to me all day. I know they said she was shy but hopefully at some point she will say something. She doesn't like her diaper changed and she loves to drink water.She is also a thumbsucker. I was hoping Taite would not be a thumbsucker since we are still trying to get Lennah and Delylah to quit sucking their thumbs. Hopefully more of her personality will come out in the next few days.

At lunch

Meeting for the first time

Ready for bed

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Mindee said...: Congrats! I am so happy for you!; March 25, 2013 at 12:31 PM

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History of Ethiopia

Ethiopia is one of the oldest known cradles of civilization known to man. Christianity was brought to the Kingdom of Axum around the 4th century AD and later in the 7th century Islam was introduced. Foreign missionaries were introduced to the region around the 1630's. Because of these unwelcomed guest Ethiopia did not welcome foreign Christians and Europeans into their lands. Its isolationism may have saved the country from 19th century colonialism. In 1936 Italian facists entered the region and forced its emperor into isolation but was later returned when the British and the French defeated the Italians. Civil unrest would lead to the demise of the aging emperor and in 1974 a socialist sort of government was named. The country went through a period of red terror that was funded by the Soviets and Cuba. This lead to the implementation of a communist government being installed in the late 1970's, early 1980's. In 1989 the country went through a period of famine that also lead to a change in governments. Finally, in 1994 the country would declare its independence and later hold free elections.

History of Vietnam

For about two thousand years Vietnam was ruled by China, following this period it would become independent for the next almost thousand years. In the 1800's it would be colonized by the French. The early 20th century would bring about visions of an independent republic. In 1945 Ho Chi Minh declared Vietnam independent and renamed it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. By 1947 a full-scale war would break out between the French and the Viet Minh (Ho CHi Minh's followers). China also began to aid the Viet Minh at this time due to its own communist revolution. July, 1954 the Geneva Accords would be sign paving the road to France leaving Vietnam; however, it would partition Vietnam into 2 independent states seperated by the 17th parallel. The South was helped by the United States, while the North would be dominated by the Viet Minh. By 1963 the South's government was very unstable. 1965 President Lyndon Johnson would send troops into Vietnam. The North would lead a massive attack in 1968 destroying much of the South. In 1969, Ho Chi Minh died but his forces remained in tact. By the early 1970's many Americans viewed the war as unwinnable and would prove unsuccessful at containing communism. January 1973 the Paris Peace Accords were signed ending the United States role in the war. In 1975 Saigon would fall to the North Vietnamese and in July of 1976 the two parts were reunified into the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The war was disastrous for the Vietnamese people leaving an estimated 1 million to become boat people, 1 million imprisioned, and more than 100,000 killed. Today, Vietnam still has a communist form of government and although they are a developing nation many people remain extremely poor.

Monday, March 25, 2013

She is here

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