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Monday, January 19, 2009
Super Bowl Bound!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How sweet it is! I am exhausted this morning after the Steelers almost gave the AFC Championship game away to the dreaded Ravens, but our defense pulled it out again. Here are 2 of our biggest Steeler fans, not that they have much of a choice:) Bring on those Cardinals!!!!
I thought of you when they won! My husband said they are going to kill the Cardinals - so you have nothing to worry about (but he also said you were a traitor for living in Colorado and not cheering on the Broncos)! Hope you guys are doing well!
I had to catch my breath as I read your blog. I was doing my usual random google search from Ethiopian adoption blogs and came across yours. Here I am, almost exactly one year behind you as my documents are now in Ethiopia being translated and I await a court date for my new son....his name....is Yonas!!!!! Your little Yonas is adorable!!!! I look forward to keeping an eye on your blog as he grows!
• One in ten children die before their first birthday • One in six children die before their fifth birthday • 44% of the population of Ethiopia is under 15 years old • 60% of children in Ethiopia are stunted because of malnutrition • The median age in Ethiopia is 17.8 years • 1.5 million people are infected with AIDS (6th highest in the world) • 720,000 children have been orphaned by AIDS alone, and there are 4.6 million orphans in Ethiopia. • Per capita, Ethiopia receives less aid than any country in Africa • In the 90s the population (3%) grew faster than food production (2.2%) • Drought struck the country from 2000-2002 (first year no crops, second year no seeds, third year no animals) • Half the children in Ethiopia will never attend school. 88% will never attend secondary school. • Coffee prices (Ethiopia’s only major export) fell 40-60% from 1998-2002. • Ethiopia’s doctor to children ratio is 1 to 24,000. • In 1993, after 30 long years of war, Eritrea broke from Ethiopia and became an independent nation leaving Ethiopia landlocked without any major seafaring ports.
4 comments:
Chichi looks so thrilled that the steelers won...or is he just exhausted after the exciting game???
I thought of you when they won! My husband said they are going to kill the Cardinals - so you have nothing to worry about (but he also said you were a traitor for living in Colorado and not cheering on the Broncos)! Hope you guys are doing well!
I had to catch my breath as I read your blog. I was doing my usual random google search from Ethiopian adoption blogs and came across yours. Here I am, almost exactly one year behind you as my documents are now in Ethiopia being translated and I await a court date for my new son....his name....is Yonas!!!!! Your little Yonas is adorable!!!! I look forward to keeping an eye on your blog as he grows!
YEAH!!! Go Steelers!
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