Day 4 - Mommy's First Victory

A is such a little jokester. When our translator brought her in today she reached her arms up and started running to her Papa but at the last second as a very proud Chris had his arms fully extended, she juked to the right and ran to me instead! It was so hilarious and precious. She is starting to get a cough and it was clear that she was not feeling as well today. Even still she was not very fussy. She rough housed with us for a little while but for the most part she was enjoying playing quietly. She was playing with some nesting dolls. These are the little Russian dolls that open up and have smaller ones inside. This was perfect for her because she enjoys taking things apart and putting them back together. At some point the other little boy in the bonding room decided he wanted to play with them. We saw that A noticed but thought she was okay with it. We were apparantly quite wrong. She was not settled again until she had the dolls back. Then everytime she saw the little boy she would try to pick all of the pieces up to make sure that he could not take them. Because she was a little fussy we were able to spend more time holding her and comforting her. I was so happy to have this time. When it was time to go she put all of the toys we brought back in the bookbag and the other toys back on the shelves exactly where they came from. For anyone that has been around any child much less a two year old, you would know this is amazing. Apparently the orphanage has taught them to do this every time play time is over. She is truly amazing! Again when she was leaving today she started waving and said papa! Oh and we officially signed the papers accepting the referral! We verbally did this 2 days ago but things move at there own pace around here. Us Americans are learning to chill out! We are so thankful that this trip has been so easy and wonderful. We have not yet received any curveballs and we are relishing in the peace of God's awesome plan.