Anyway, what I was saying was that although I have spent many a cold nights in the field without sleep back in my Army days, I have NEVER been as tired as I was yesterday afternoon. It is all a blur. Shawna and I layed down around 4:30pm with the kids in the room playing. Of course we were sleeping before our heads touched the pillows. I woke up around 7pm, Shawna was sleeping next to me, Matty and Katie were playing, but Joy... where was Joy? I looked and saw her in the middle of the floor in a ball sleeping soundly. It's like she was playing and mid-game she said, "Yeah, this looks like a good place to sleep..." Shawna got up and put the kiddos to bed (what a Super-Mom, I had no legitimate thought at that point!) She stayed up for a while but Joy and I stayed knocked out. Joy has gotten up a couple times and fussed but fell back asleep everytime. What a good little girl.
So now it's 4am and I've been up for a few hours. I've already shaved and showered, ready for a beautiful Oregon day. It's 2pm in Addis after all. We hope it's nice enough to take Joy to the park down the road and let her run around the acres of grass there.
Here's a few pics:
Minutes after meeting Joy for the first time.
Mommy and Joy playing at the Care Center.
For those that have seen Zoolander, she is perfecting Blue Steel.
Back in Oregon with her sisters!
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