fun in the challenge!

Day 2 in Ghana started with waking up at 12:00am to a sick baby. Poor thing. Fever, throw up (all over the bed), restlessness....it was a long night. After begging Solomon to drink some pedialyte, his fever finally broke and we all slept for about 4-5 hours. Whew!

It was a challenging night...but it was totally awesome. Why?  Because when you are sick, what's the one thing that you always want:

Your mama.

Solomon had his mama AND dada devoted solely to his wellbeing last night. 

Praise God. 

Praise God that we could be with him and care for him. 

When he woke up, he took awhile to reacclimate: "Who are you again?"

His tummy was still out of sorts so he wasn't too interested in any breakfast besides a bottle.

But after we returned to the room, he warmed up and perked up. We played soccer and catch and peekaboo and a thousand other games with no name but "love."

Little boy crashed hard for naptime after playing so much. 

After naps, we ran to the pharmacy for some medicines to help make the trip home more pleasant for a sick baby. In Ghana, you can buy "prescription" medications with just a pharmacy consultation...no doctor's signature required. And medications are SO much cheaper...which is nice since we were cash customers. :)

Next, off to visit the orphanage one last time.  We had purchased some food (eggs and chicken) to donate as a very small "thank you." And we wanted to speak a bit more with Solomon's main care givers to ask some questions, etc. It was a joy to see how many of the caretakers and staff came out to say good bye to "Ephraim." He is well-known in the nursery for his little personality.

We had a final meeting with the Head Mistress, who was very kind and encouraging to us. The Regional Director of Social Welfare (Benjamin Otoo) also happened to be there (we had met him back in March) so it was nice to visit with him. 

Solomon made his last few moments at Osu Children's Home memorable, however, as he exploded his diaper and dribbled poop all over the head mistresses office carpet.

Lovely. 

Thankfully, we had come prepared with a clean change of clothes....HA!

And so, Solomon left the orphanage a lighter man...

*grin*

Our final stop was the store to buy a few more cans of formula to help the transition back at home. And on the way home, Solomon again exploded his diaper and the promptly fell asleep.

Ahhh, the joys of being a child. :)

At the hotel, we woke him up and took a bath...which he LOVES. 

Then bedtime...

No more fever or throw up.  Pray for no more diaper explosions tomorrow....since we'll be on a plane for 27ish hours and all. 

So much joy. 

We are eager to board the plane at 10pm Saturday night, but also very thankful for this focused one on one time with our youngest son. 

Please pray that we can sleep well tonight, that Solomon feels better, that we board the plane home with no immigration issues, and that the long journey home is full of love and further bonding.