Meet my little Princesses!

5/23/2012 

Today was the first day that I woke up feeling ok. I was ready to go for the day and wasn’t completely exhausted. I am finally adjusted to the new time zone and getting up at what feels like 4am (7am my time). Today was slightly different because we had a team working with us today. There were 10 of them who actually flew into Haiti on the same flight that I did. The girls in the group joined us with the babies for today while the guys worked on the new house that GLA is building up the hill. It was nice having the extra hands today because all of the kids were able to get outside some, but it also meant that there was a lot of activity on our small porch. 11 adults and 11 babies....but we had fun with our guests! 

I am going to write about each of my kids now and post of picture of them as well. Because of safety purposes, I can’t post their names with the pictures but it will give you an idea of who I get to love on each day! 

Miss S. is such a sweetie pie! She is full of loves and cuddles. We are working on getting her to sit up all by herself. She spends lots of time in the jolly jumpers to strength her legs. She also practices sitting up by herself by sitting in the bumbo seat....these chairs are AMAZING by the way! We also try and get her lots of time on her tummy so that she can strengthen her neck muscles as well. Her favorite though, is just being held and sang to. I give her lots of cuddle time and lots of kisses too! 

Miss W. is such a cuddle bug! Today (5/23) her birth mom came to visit her and her little brother, so she was dressed in a beautiful dress and she was all smiles today! She had clearly enjoyed the time with her mom this morning so she was extra smiley and giggly as well! We are working on her independence and her walking skills. She is developmentally behind for her age. She is two years old but doesn’t want to walk by herself yet. We spend lots of time practicing walking and she loves to walk with holding onto the furniture. It is my goal to get her to take a few steps by herself without holding onto me or the furniture before I leave. 

Miss S. is a sweetie pie! She is full of smiles and giggles as well (but she is harder to catch smiling with my camera!). She has a horrible diaper rash right now so we have been spending our time together laying in the sun and airing out her little sore bottom. Because of her and the boys (I have two more with bad diaper rashes), I have gotten a lot of sun and am getting darker everyday. When Miss S. gets all better, we will work on her legs strength as well. She will spend time in the jolly jumper so we can get her legs strengthened in order to walk soon. She is a joy and has found a special place in my heart. 

Well, here are the details of my girls! I love them all and can’t wait to see the growth they will go through in the next few weeks. Please pray for my 3 little ones with bad bums...they are all in lots of pain and we can't do much developmental work because of it. Pray they would heal fast so we can get back to working on their specific needs. I realized today that I only have 12 more days with my babies! I can’t believe I am going to have to say goodbye. I am going to be so attached to them...God loves them more than I do though and I know that after I leave, God will provide for and love them even more than what I can do for them. Stay tuned for tomorrow, I will send details of the handsome men in my life! :)