Day 7 - Heels Over Head for Us

We had a special treat today. Since it is the weekend we were allowed to go get A from her classroom. Typically this is not proper procedure, as our translator will go get her and bring her to us normally. The second we walked into the room and A saw us, she got so excited that she litterally flipped backwards off of her seat! All we saw were two little feet sticking up in the air. She practically knocked all of the other kids out of the way to get to us. Although this was incredibly fun, it was hard seeing all of the other babies that were left behind. They all stopped what they were doing and stared at us cradling and loving on our baby girl. The caretakers were very sweet and were saying how they liked that we were young. Most people that they see are 20 years our senior. They said that they would save another baby for us. If only it were that easy! A was in a fantastic mood today and we had a much longer visit. We even got to experience her hick ups, which is the second cutest noise in the world (the first is her laugh). She was also laughing at her Papa being silly. She would cover her face with her hand and laugh. She really seems to be getting more comfortable with us every day. We spent several minutes putting lotion on her little hands and arms that were so dry. She loved putting the lotion on her own hands. The long visit was great except for when she got hungry. She always makes this very obvious. She just picks up all of her toys and puts them away, just one of the amazing things our daughter does! One of the other families was having to say good bye to their two little ones today. This is always very hard to witness, it seems so very unfair that we build up the child's trust and then have to abandon them for 1-2 months. I am so very dreading the day this happens and am so very thankful for every day that we have with our angel.