Frapos,

Thanks so much for your willingness to help. Our court date, (the date of the adoption finalization if everything goes well.) After that, it'll be a couple of weeks before we know our embassy date. (That's when we get the visa for him.) We are thinking sometime at the beginning of March. If you would not mind, I'll ask you for loads at that time.
As for the other connecting cities, I have not found any European city that will allow him to transit without a visa. We are still exploring Dubai and Tel Aviv. I have contacted both embassies, but have not heard back from them. Germany did respond and stated it would take 24 hours. That would necessitate us staying in Addis through the weekend. We would really like to head home as soon as possible. If you know of another EU city where a transit visa is NOT required, PLEASE let us know.
thanks so much.