The Countdown Is On

So, a week has gone by since we passed our court date, and everything is starting to fall into place.  We made our flight reservations and Gladney has booked the guesthouse we are staying in and a van and driver for us during our stay.

We leave on February 12th and fly to London overnight, where we will then spend the day, the night, and the next day before we leave to fly to Addis.  Matt's sister Kate is meeting us in London and she will then travel with us and be with us in Ethiopia.  We arrive early on Monday morning, and we will be meeting Ruby either that same day or the next day.  Crazy.  On the way back, we'll fly through London again and spend one more night, just to break up the trip, and then back to NC on the 23rd.  We were so lucky that my dad was willing to give us 100,000 frequent flyer miles, and together with mine, our NC/London flights were free.


Anyway, Matt is busily finishing up a project in the baby's room that his dad started over Christmas - there were some exposed pipes that had to be walled in, so Grandpa Gieg did his usual magic and got it all framed up. Matt has a plan that involves painting a big tree on the wall and ceiling, but I'll just be happy to have the wall built so that I can start putting cute things in the room.  As you can see from the picture, we have a way to go.
Now, enough blog-procrastinating - back to the To Do list!