Today our Ethiopian prince and princess turn 1 year old! Oh how I wish we could all be together for this momentous occassion. In Ethiopia they do not celebrate birthdays, in fact many do not even know when they were born. They do not have birth certificates as many are not even born in a hospital. We are lucky to know the date of our children's birth. Once they are home we will be having a birthday party for them (read: Matt and I), excluding gifts. I just want to be able to have pics of them with their first birthday cake. You know the ones; icing in the hair, face covered in cake and icing. Ah the joys of being a child!

Happy Birthday sweet ones, Mommy and Daddy will be there soon.