An Update!

We received an update from our agency today that included height and weight measurements. Tsehay is now close to 20 lbs and is in the 50th percentile for US girls. A lot of children from Ethiopia never register on the US scale when they first get here. She seems as healthy as can be and we are confident she is getting the best treatment possible at CHSFS's center in Addis.

Fire and Sun

In case you were wondering about the title and address of our Blog, Fire and Sun, it is the meaning of now both of our childrens names. Ayden means fiery or fire and Tsehay means "The Sun" in Amharic. I guess it is sort of fitting then that we kept her name as Tsehay. Now we will have double the warmth in our lives.

Tsehay Elizabeth is officially ours

The last day of Ethiopian court and our case made it through! Tsehay is officially ours! We will be traveling to pick her up September 14th and returning September 21st. We have decided to keep her name as it was given to her. Her official name will be Tsehay Elizabeth. Her middle name is named after both my grandma and Jarusha's grandma, two very special ladies.