I was at Target the other day and exchanged a few quick words about the weather with a lady at the little Starbucks area. We both got coffee and went out to shop. I ran into her again in the diaper section, again in the kids clothing department, and yet again in the seasonal area. We both finally laughed and she asked how old my kids were. I felt like a deer caught in headlights and it took me a moment to be able to say anything at all.
When Marc and I talk about our kids in Ethiopia we sort of assume (I have no idea why) that we will have a boy and a girl. We talk about them as if they're already part of the family and we talk about our lives/futures as if we already have 3 children.
So when this lady asked me how old my kids were, I didn't know exactly how to answer. "Well one is 2 1/2 and the other two are somewhere between 1 and 5 when I picture them in my head." seemed like it would need way to much of an explanation. So after going through that inner monologue I was finally able to mumble something about having a 2 year old. I'm sure she was thinking "gosh that wasn't supposed to be a hard question". Next time I'll be better prepared.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A funny thing happened
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Hi Kelly - Its Shawn from Boulder, I'm the one organizing the Habesha dinner on 2/23. I came across your blog after you posted the pictures of the necklaces. Just wanted to say hi. We just got a referral for a 2 month old baby girl and are now just waiting for all the paperwork to go to Ethiopia. If you want to check out our website its rodda.homelinux.net. See you on Saturday!
Hi Shawn!! Thanks so much for organizing Habesha. I can't believe we have too many people for the restaurant. Amazing! I'll see you Saturday.
Hey! Did I miss something!? I thought you guys were adopting ONE? Are you adopting 2 at once? Like us? OH MY GOODNESS!!! SO excited for you!!!
We'll be back in Colorado in less than a week!!! EEEEK! ;)
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