Today we had the special treat of getting to watch our little A in a New Year's pagent, which is basically a little play with a bunch of two year olds dancing. They had her dressed up with sparkley garland on her dress, a huge bow in her hair and a head band with sparkles all over it. The second she came in she saw us and had a huge smile on her face. She would not take her eyes off of us throughout the entire performance. Even when she was supposed to be sitting facing forward, she kept turning around and making this happy suprised face, like "Hey you are still here!". Even her doctor recognized what she was doing. It was so great to be able to go to her first little performance. We were so proud!
Another treat was this was also the first day that we had bonding time alone with her. Our translator had to be at another orphanage and all of the other families have left. We had so much fun! She definately started talking more, although I am not sure if they are actually words. She is saying Mama a lot. Sometimes I do know that when she says mama, she is trying to say "mine" when referring to her toys. Still, there were some times today that I was not in the room with her and she started yelling "mama!". We were also able to get much more eye contact as well. I can't wait for her to be home. We spent much more time putting lotion on her, and this has become her favorite thing to do. She was even putting it on both of our hands as well. She likes to put it on her own hands while I am rubbing it into her arms. A new discovery is that she is enamoured with being pushed in the stroller. Chris would chase me with her and the stroller and she would just laugh and laugh. When it was my turn to push the little one around, Chris sneak up on her and tickle her belly. She is very ticklish, and absolutely loves that Chris knows that.
When we had to bring her back for lunch she started crying and we could here her all the way down the stairs. I cannot imagine having to leave her for over a month, but today was a great day!
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