Isabelle has been babbling like a big girl for 3 days now. It happened all of a sudden, and then there it was. Finally yesterday Robert got to hear her, and it sounds like "da da da da". I'm telling Robert that she's telling him she wants to see him soon (which she will, since he's going to be here next Wednesday). She really sounds like she is talking to you, and she looks at you when she does it.
Things have gone extremely well while I've been down here. We've beaten the scabies (yes, that was what Isabelle had, and it went away when we all used the Permethrin Robert brought down when he visited). We've beaten the bronchitis (that went away about a 10 days ago). 3 weeks ago I got a bite on my thigh (inside my pants) that I didn't feel at the time, but there was a bump and then purple bruising all around it. Since earlier in the year one of the babies in this house had to be taken to the hospital for a bite from a brown recluse spider, I was a teeny bit concerned. But, it all went away just fine; just faded over about a week. I haven't had to throw up since the first week I got here. Once we started using the mosquito netting on our beds, we haven't been bitten except once or twice. Isabelle is sleeping all the way through the night, from 7:30 pm until 6 or 7 am.
Alba is teaching Isabelle how to play soccer. She carries her around the lawn area inside the house, helping her kick the big beach ball. Isabelle loves it. Alba is amazing!
Our case breezed through PGN and through the US embassy, and we're going home in 1 1/2 weeks. We are not caught up in all the worry now, when our government is saying that if you aren't through PGN by January 1, there will be long (months to years) delays. Anyone who is still in PGN right now (or hasn't gotten in yet) is very nervous, and understandably so. Amanda, who is one of my house mates, has two daughters.
One, Aleya, is 6 months old and her adoption is finalized. 
But one, Maya, is a year old and they have been with her for almost a year but her biological mother stopped going to appointments, etc, so it became a case of abandonment, which takes longer. And, her lawyers here are not returning her calls. I think she's coping extremely well considering everything that's going on, including taking care of two very young children on her own in a foreign country. The women (and men) who come down here to foster are just awesome.
Things have gone extremely well while I've been down here. We've beaten the scabies (yes, that was what Isabelle had, and it went away when we all used the Permethrin Robert brought down when he visited). We've beaten the bronchitis (that went away about a 10 days ago). 3 weeks ago I got a bite on my thigh (inside my pants) that I didn't feel at the time, but there was a bump and then purple bruising all around it. Since earlier in the year one of the babies in this house had to be taken to the hospital for a bite from a brown recluse spider, I was a teeny bit concerned. But, it all went away just fine; just faded over about a week. I haven't had to throw up since the first week I got here. Once we started using the mosquito netting on our beds, we haven't been bitten except once or twice. Isabelle is sleeping all the way through the night, from 7:30 pm until 6 or 7 am.
Alba is teaching Isabelle how to play soccer. She carries her around the lawn area inside the house, helping her kick the big beach ball. Isabelle loves it. Alba is amazing!Our case breezed through PGN and through the US embassy, and we're going home in 1 1/2 weeks. We are not caught up in all the worry now, when our government is saying that if you aren't through PGN by January 1, there will be long (months to years) delays. Anyone who is still in PGN right now (or hasn't gotten in yet) is very nervous, and understandably so. Amanda, who is one of my house mates, has two daughters.
One, Aleya, is 6 months old and her adoption is finalized. 
But one, Maya, is a year old and they have been with her for almost a year but her biological mother stopped going to appointments, etc, so it became a case of abandonment, which takes longer. And, her lawyers here are not returning her calls. I think she's coping extremely well considering everything that's going on, including taking care of two very young children on her own in a foreign country. The women (and men) who come down here to foster are just awesome.
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario