My Little Men!

5/24/2012 

I still am having a hard time believing that I am actually in Haiti! This is something that I have dreamed about doing for so long that it is incredible to think that I am actually here. Doing it. Loving kids. Fulfilling my dreams! 

Today was a great day with the babies. I spent the morning with my boys. Then after lunch wanted to hangout with my girls, but every time I went to go get one of them, they were asleep! Those little rascals. So, instead, I spent time with two other little boys that didn’t have a volunteer working with them right now. Then later was able to spend a little bit of time with two of my girls. I guess we will try getting the girls outside tomorrow morning and then the boys later in the day. It’s hard to figure out a good schedule for them because there are so many kids in the house that there really isn’t a set schedule. But, that’s all a part of missions work; flexibility! 

I have loved every Haitian meal I have had this week except for today’s lunch...that was a bit of a stretch! Mom and Dad, you would be proud of me. We had fish potato soup. I didn’t realize it was fish until I took a bit of it. But, because you raised me right, I ate the whole bowl....fish and all! A couple of the other volunteers I am here with made some baked oatmeal this morning so I had some of that at lunch as well and it helped me stay full till dinner time. 

Now...let me introduce you to my little men! 

Mr. A is the little brother of Miss W (one of my girls). He is slightly behind for his age but not too far. We are working on getting him to sit up by himself, so we spent lots of time on the floor together and sitting by himself in the bumbo seat. He also is working on strengthening his head and neck muscles as well so we do lots of tummy time to work on that. His favorite activity is the jolly jumper. If he could, he would jump in that thing all day long. He of course is also full of loves and we spend some good time cuddling everyday as well. Mr. A doesn't like to smile a bunch. He is not one of my happy babies but he will throw our a cute smile every once in awhile. This is a quick one but he is looking away...I am working on getting him more smiley and better pics everyday. 

Mr. D is my hyper-active boy! He is the one that sure gives me a run for my money. He is a charming little man who is independent and can walk on his own. He is almost ready to move up to the toddler house, but there isn’t room up there so he is one of the big boys at the Main house. We just spend time playing together, he loves the swing and he loves playing catch with the balls. He enjoys walks and books as well. He is the busy boy so we do just about everything we can possibly do in a short amount of time...it sure makes the hour or so go fast with this one! He is the hardest one to get a good picture of because he can never sit still. I am working on getting better ones of him everyday! 

Mr. C. has stollen my heart! Out of all my kids, he is the smiley giggly one....for sure! Every time I walk into his nursery I get this huge smile from him and a little giggle...it’s the cutest thing ever! With Mr. C, we are working on getting him to be comfortable on his tummy in order to get him ready to crawl. He has mastered sitting up by himself and is ready to move to the next step of crawling. We are working on strengthening his chunky legs so we can get him ready to walk by spending lots of time in the jolly jumper. Mr. C is my little cuddly bug and loves to give me hugs and kisses! I spend some time everyday just cuddling each of my kids and Mr. C. is the one that loves this time the most. It is going to be very hard to say goodbye! 

Well, these are the men that have stollen my heart. I can’t wait to see how they will grow in the next couple of weeks that we get to work with each other. I am so glad that God has brought me here because it is giving me the perfect opportunity to do one of my favorite things: love on kids...giving lots of hugs and kisses and love them as best as I can so they too can learn the love of Christ and all that He can give them.