Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

We sent out our care package to Kidus this morning. We included a blanket my mother made that we slept with for two days and a photo album for babies. Inside the album we put close-ups of all our faces labeled in Amharic (in case the nannies can read it to them). We forgot to take a picture of the stuff before we sent it, but here is the album. Picture our faces inside it. :-)

I have also been working on my Amharic. At this point, I think I can ask for the phone, the house, the bed, count to three, apologize, and confirm or deny. However, I cannot guarantee that I will not do it in an offensive manner. I am working on that. (the language is male or female sensitive, like Spanish or French. Oi.)

I also scheduled our appointments for our shots and malaria prescriptions. I am kind of excited because I found a travel doctor in the area (The Travel Doctor) who will not only give us all the shots and medicines we need, but we will be spending 1.5 hours with him, reviewing Kidus' medical reports, and discussing everything that we need to know about the trip and what to expect. How cool is that? We have been to Africa before, but never with an infant. I want to be as prepared as possible.

Oh yeah and I got an invitation to a baby shower today... Kinda put me in a funk. I know it shouldn't, but it did.