Back in the USA

Sorry this has taken awhile. with all the laundry, the jetlag, and most importantly the girls this the first chance I have gotten.

We got the girls full time last Wenesday night and they switched favorite parent Birtukan started prefering me and Netsanet Bob. That night Bob decided it would be fun to vomit nonstop for about 8 hours. Leaving me to take care of the girls by myself. I am pretty sure it was a flu because the next night Birtukan did the same thing. I felt more sorry for her. Luckly she was better that afternoon because we left that night.

The girls were awesome on the flight home. It took about 30 hours to get home so we all were exhausted. When we landed in Washington Birtukan said some amharic words and then "America" I think she was asking if we in America. It was really cute!

The girls are doing really well. The language is not an issue. Netsanet repeats what we say. Birtukan seeems to understand what we say but I she is really quite so I don't expect to hear alot of talking in English until she is really sure of herself. The only issues so far seem to be the dogs and food. They are terrified of Junie and Murphy but it seems a little better. We are trying to have them around the dogs in same doses. The girls are less then thrilled with American food. Our friends Ron and Kari were very sweet and brought us some Injera (Ethipiopan flat bread) to the airport. The last of that was eaten for lunch. Other than that the girls just like white bread, crackers and bananas. They are trying new foods now but most of the time it gets spit out.

They seem to being attaching to us and the boys. They are girly girls. They love Jamas (shoes) and pink! Anything girly. I was kind of surprised by this.