A Little About D

I wanted to share a little more about D. She is 4 1/2 years old and has been at our agency's care center in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia since March of 2010. She is about 3.25 feet tall and weighs around 35 lbs. She has big, beautiful brown eyes. The reports we got said that her favorite foods are spaghetti, burger with soft drink, and traditional Ethiopian food. She likes to play ball with her friends. She also likes to count, spell and try to read in front of her friends. The report stated that she is a favorite of the house mothers and she is a very happy child.

She comes from a remote region of Ethiopia where the language is different than Ethiopia's national language, Amharic. So when she came to the care center she needed to start learning both Amharic and English. The reason she likes some "American" food is because they start to introduce "American" things (food, language, culture, etc) since most of the children end up being adopted by American families.

Many people have already asked us about her background and how she came to the orphanage and then to the care center. Tami and I have decided that we are going to keep her story confidential so that we can share it with D some day and she will be able to decide for herself if she wants to share that story. So don't be offended if we don't answer that question, but we just feel like that is D's story to share if and when she wants to down the road.

The other thing we have been asked about is her name. Whether or not we will be keeping it, changing it, etc. We feel strongly that her name is the one her parents gave her and we shouldn't take that away. So we will be keeping it but probably will come up with a nickname that she will go by. We are still figuring this out.

The girls (Mom and Faith) have already begun to plan the re-decorating of the bedroom. We have already ordered a new bunk bed and we will be picking out paint and bedding soon. We also plan to buy a new kitchen table that will be able to seat eight as what we have now only seats six. The family meal is important to us so this is a must buy before D comes home.