We had a great day today with her--it felt like Christmas. We picked her up at the orphanage at 6:30am and kept her with us until 5 this evening (and putting her back in that crib was the hardest it's been yet). We had a nice morning in the hotel, letting her nap on the bed, giving her a bath, dressing her in cute clothes (the butterfly dress the boys picked out with Aunt Kelsey), a headband, and a bow, feeding her (or trying to!), playing with her. She was happy, entertaining, animated, and talkative. We learned she can roll, push up on her hands when she's on her tummy, and sit if you balance her. She was silly today and we ate it up. We also got to skype with all the grandparents and the boys, so they got to see her in action. The boys made silly noises the whole time, and Laina cooed right back. We can't WAIT to see them all together. They're going to have so much fun!
We had a bit of trouble getting Laina to eat. She doesn't know how to suck, so we had to keep making the hole in the bottle larger so it basically would drip into her mouth. She chews on the nipple, but she won't suck on it. And she likes that formula hot! (All the babies do.) But after some messy trial and error, we got her to eat at least some. Better luck tomorrow.
We get to pick her up early again tomorrow morning and go to church with her for the first time. Can't wait!
7 comments:
Sounds so wonderful! What a gift to see God's plan for your family unfolding more before your eyes.
Hi!!! I have been in a very odd Internet situation. So odd that I checked your blog yesterday and saw no new posts! As in, the last three posts were just not there. Aaaaanyway, WE ARE REJOICING WITH YOU!! it's so great to be caught up! Congrats on court and thank you fir the genocide post. We are so abundantly blessed and don't always realize it. Better luck tomorrow with the picture(s) :). What's your Skype situation?
Sidonie ( on ryan's phone...which means we are in the sane country/city again. Yay:)).
LOVED reading all the new posts tonight! How amazing that after all this time, you are officially Laina's mommy! Woo hoo!!!! Have I mentioned that I CANNOT WAIT to meet her?
Allie, if you want to tell me how to, I can try to post something for you from here. Just an idea... :)
Sooooo exciting!! I'm going back to read about your time in Rwanda so far. How did I get so behind??
Can't wait to meet your sweet girl! :D
We are so excited for you and can't wait to meet her!!!!!
I vote for Nona's idea! :)
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