Learning to Liv...: We Are Family!

Monday, March 30, 2009

We Are Family!

Presenting

Liv Tunsitu (toon-see-too)

I am so blessed and overwhelmed and lucky to have to this girl in my life and to have the abundance of love and support from our friends and family. I am honored and inspired to do my very best by this little angel. Gratitude is oozing throughout me.

25 comments:

Julie said...: There she is!! LT!! Woo Hoo!; March 31, 2009 at 9:56 AM
coffeemom said...: WOOOHOOOOO!!! Thanks be to God!! We passed too! I am shaking. I am so happy for you. Isn't she beautiful!!!! I don't know if we'll travel together, due to Marta's medicals but oh, she is too cute and I hope you get there super fast! I'm SO glad you passed. Congratulations! Celebrate! Love M; March 31, 2009 at 10:01 AM
Jen said...: congratulations!; March 31, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Christina said...: CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!; March 31, 2009 at 10:37 AM
Rebecca said...: She's beautiful!!

I also think she has the coolest Ethiopian name :); March 31, 2009 at 11:15 AM
Sara said...: She is lovely! Congrats!; March 31, 2009 at 11:33 AM
Farmboy and Buttercup said...: Thrilled for your family!

You are all blessed!; March 31, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Anonymous said...: Congratulations! I'm so happy for you!; March 31, 2009 at 12:13 PM
Neil, Amy and The Girls said...: WONDERFUL!!! She is beautiful. I am so happy for you.; March 31, 2009 at 12:14 PM
Christine said...: I am so thrilled for you! Congratulations and hope you are traveling soon!

Christine; March 31, 2009 at 1:09 PM
msl said...: YAAAYYYYYY!!! I'm so thrilled and overjoyed for you and Liv!!! She is absolutely beautiful!!! Wonderful, wonderful news!!!; March 31, 2009 at 1:12 PM
Ryane said...: Congratulations! Great news! Hope everything from here on out is speedy for you so you can travel soon.; March 31, 2009 at 1:22 PM
Robin said...: Yeah...whooee....congratulations!!! what wonderful news!!!; March 31, 2009 at 1:23 PM
Lisa and Peter said...: Congratulations! She is beautiful!; March 31, 2009 at 2:30 PM
DrewCareyShow said...: Hooray, hooray, hooray!!! It's official! We are so happy for you girls and can't WAIT to see our lovely Liv home soon. Dying to hear your travel details!!!; March 31, 2009 at 3:56 PM
Laura and Brad said...: Congratulations! She is precious and I LOVE her name!; March 31, 2009 at 4:03 PM
Annie said...: Congrats! Liv is precious...you must be thrilled :); March 31, 2009 at 4:41 PM
Sparkz said...: Congratulations! How exciting. She is cute!!!! :); March 31, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Jebena said...: Ahhhhh Mommy, she is beautiful!!!!
I see your face in her face in the the first picture---simply beautiful!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!; March 31, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Jennifer said...: Isn't she a little sweetie!!! Congratulations!!!!; March 31, 2009 at 7:45 PM
Robbin Hopkins said...: Congratulations!!!!!; March 31, 2009 at 8:03 PM
Unknown said...: What a great life you two are going to have together!! I am so excited!!!! Ty and Liv are so close in age and will have so much fun together, along with the rest of the "family" here in L.A. -
Julie O.
p.s. while I love my home in the Valley, it's times like this when I feel a little too far away from the west side; March 31, 2009 at 10:01 PM
J, A, T and Y said...: So happy for you!!!! Such a cutie!!!; April 1, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Angie said...: Still blown away by this amazingness. Loving it!!! And you!; April 1, 2009 at 12:55 PM
Meredith said...: Congratulations! LT looks like one amazing girl. Hope you get to go get her quick! Wooohoooo!; April 5, 2009 at 8:13 PM

Flag Meaning:

The colored stripes on the Ethiopian flag are significant - the red stripe stands for power, faith and blood; the yellow symbolizes peace, natural wealth and love; and the green represents the land and hope. The colors were also interpreted to have a connection to the Holy Trinity, and the three main provinces of Ethiopia. The star represents unity of the people and the races that make up Ethiopia. The five rays on the outside of the star represent prosperity and the blue disk represents peace.
The three equal horizontal bands of green (top), yellow, and red with a yellow pentagram and single yellow rays emanating from the angles between the points on a light blue disk centered on the three bands; Ethiopia is the oldest independent country in Africa, and the three main colors of her flag were so often adopted by other African countries upon independence that they became known as the pan-African colors.