September 23, 2019
Breakfast was ready a little later (which was fine), so we went to pick up the girls and brought them back here and shared our breakfast with them! El, me, Il...
How cute is this with Abigaïlle putting her arm around El as they look at pictures on my phone...
Coloring and stickers...
I read this book to the girls and El played with my hair...
Lunch and some playtime at the crèche...
As we left the crèche Abigaïlle asked me to take her picture (ummm...yes!). She immediately struck this pose with hands on hips and looked to her right...
Then she motioned to her sister to come do a picture too and I snapped a few of both girls together. Because... I can't have to many pictures, and - new outfit! These cute shirts are from my friend Sarah for the girls too. How cute are they on the girls?!
Then we walked back to the guest house for the last bit of our day. I'm so grateful to have guesthouse right across the street from the crèche. Not only is it so nice to go back and forth as we please, but to not have to have a driver while there except to and from the airport...which was especially important on this trip with the gas shortage and manifestations happening in lots of areas. The armed guards at both the crèche and guesthouse are so great and we never felt unsafe in that little mountainside town. Yet another blessing (our children not being located in PaP during such a tumultuous time).
...and then they fed their baby dolls snacks.
Dinner...
September 24
Breakfast! Seriously though...pineapple and mango tastes sooo much better here.
Walking to the guest house from the crèche after picking up the girls...
Abigaïlle signing "thirsty" at snack time...
Girls signing "more", "please" and "candy". And just being cute in general...
Abigaïlle
This is just a cute, short video of the girls interacting with each other. I love their adorable voices.
I grew up with this little song and we've been singing it to the girls each visit over the last 10 months...
I wish that I had a video of this little catwalk that Abigaïlle did. Hand on hip, strut, then pause and look over shoulder with flash of a smile and striking a pose. She was cracking us up.
This putting their hands on their hip and asking to have their picture taken thing is new and I'm not sad about it! This is Abigaëlle...
Abigaïlle...
We are so grateful for the affection and love shown to our girls by those that care for them...
Our El
Abigaïlle
The girls were pretty clingy to me this visit, so sometimes I had to be sneaky about trying to get a picture of them with my mom.
When I would go in the other room or use the restroom I would always say, "I'll be right back!" and the girls got to where they could repeat the phrase and it would crack them up...
The girls never seemed to tire of looking at photos, especially their flip books of our family...
They can name each member of our family and remember the boys well now after meeting Noah and Lincoln last visit...
There was a longer than normal wait for lunch to come up to the babies room this day. The twins ran around while the other kids waited in their beds. As they got restless we played a game of showing them a photo of a child from the orphanage and they would all chant that child's name...
Back at the guesthouse, Abigaëlle was striking a pose with her sippy cup and waiting for a photo...
Weighing the girls...
Look how amazing she is with these kids. And since the community learning partners aren't able to get in (with the lockdown/protesting) it was nice for them to have a little mini singing time!
Doesn't she have a lovely voice?
Dinner!
What a special visit this was! Thank you so much for including me. I love these girls so very much! ❣️❣️
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