The last post

Hey everyone...

Just thought I'd reduce a little stress in my life by closing this blog. Jeremiah is home and is officially part of our family now. Please follow his life journey as well as the journey the rest of this crazy family is on at our family website:

www.kenandshelly.blogspot.com.

Thanks!

Exhaustion!

Ken and I have been really stuggling this past week with being plain WORN OUT! Neither of us are feeling that great physically - he has a stomach ache and I have a cold. We're both being snippy with each other.

Jeremiah has been keeping us up at night with his yelling. It is very loud and his crib is right next to us so I end up in bed with Aaron and Ken ends up on the couch. However, you can still hear it. The only way to end the yelling is to pick him up and put him in bed with you. We're trying not to, but that kid has stamina and could yell all night if we let him! I need my sleep to keep up with the other 3 running around this house!

Then there's the fact that I am suddenly carrying and lifting 20 pounds of baby (adorable, but heavy) around all day. I didn't have the chance to "work up to it" like I did with the others. Now I have tremendous biceps, but my triceps are flabby... along with other parts I'd like to work out in the gym! Hopefully I can do that in the fall while the older ones are back at school and Jeremiah will let me leave him in the childcare for a few. Of course the heavy lifting has caused my neck to be out of place and that caused a migraine for me last night. I NEED to try and drag everyone to Dr. Mike's this morning for an adjustment. That always helps!

I feel better now after rambling on.

Jeremiah at Home

Well, Jeremiah has been home for 3 weeks now and we've taken a few pictures. He's settling in pretty well and is definitely attached to mommy and daddy!! Thanks to everyone for welcoming us home with meals and gifts!!

Ethiopia

Playtime at the Union Hotel

Here is a picture of Jeremiah playing at the Union Hotel. The rest of our travel group had already gone home, and the hotel was pretty much vacant besides us. The wait staff was extremely friendly and held Jeremiah for us while we ate. One night they brought a mat out for him to crawl around on.

Farewell Ceremony

Here is a picture of Jeremiah at the Farewell Ceremony that Holt had for the children. They were each wearing traditional Ethiopian clothing and a headband (the girls wore wristbands) with the colors of the Ethiopian flag on them.

We're home!!

Our flight back to Charlotte arrived on Father's Day, June 21st. It has taken us awhile to get used to the time change and catch up on lost sleep due to flying all night. Thanks for you patience in waiting to hear from us and to see pictures. I'm working on a slide show of our journey, but that might take awhile. For now I will just post a few pictures of our son, Jeremiah Tesfahun Hull.