Who's the cutest Ethiopian on the block?

Noemi's Adoption Day was on June 30th and this year was the two-year anniversary of the day we officially became a family.  Oh, holy crap--has it really been two years!?  It was fun to be able to tell Noemi the story of our happy tears and look at photos from the day she became ours and we became hers--she caught on to my excitement and proudly pronounced that it was her "adoppom day."

We sported our traditional Ethiopian garb and headed out for some injera and tibs for dinner with Grandma.  Noemi's little white dress was a bit smaller on her this year compared to last year --I suppose next year it will likely fit more like a tunic.  Is needing more cute dresses a good enough reason to get on a plane back to Ethiopia?  I think so. 

When we were in Ethiopia  in 2009 we bought one present to give to Noemi each year on her adoption day until she is 18.  We gave her a set of jute animals to play with in the restaurant while we waited for her Yëkikk Alicha to arrive (yellow split peas--her yum yum fav).  She's already named each of the animals and spent the bulk of this afternoon feeding them cereal and lifting up each of their tails so they could poop.  atta girl.

Happy Adoption Day, my love.  I am so, so grateful that you are my daughter.  Eternally grateful.