So let’s see…what did I forget….

Belane is a copy cat and she is a very girlie girl. When I was getting ready for the day with my one-gal audience, she had to put on moisturizer when I put on moisturizer, she put on lipgloss when I put on lipgloss, she brushes hair when I brush hair, etc. She is darling! She is not overly fond of the crayons, games, dolls or other toys we brought, but she has been sporting the pink sunglasses we brought her almost constantly.

She was a little less standoff-ish with Josh today. She does this “one shoulder shrug” which we have been told means “no” and that is what she does to him if he gets too close and she is not in the mood (mostly when she is tired or nervous). She did give him a very sweet kiss today and played with him quite a bit, and she does look for him whenever he’s not right near us. She’s warming up quickly. (And since our other two little girls are big time daddy’s girls, I am just fine with having one for me…although my arms are on fire from carrying her so much!!!)

She’ll still go to anyone who speaks Amharic to her with a bit of prodding, but she is not interested in any other ferenge (white people) other than me and some Dad. She’ll get over that soon enough! She is all about hugs and kisses and cuddles with me. She’s quite the love!!!!!

Belane has this teeny tiny voice…most of her communicating has been through shrugs, nods and points, but she whispers when she really needs to tell you something and doesn’t want to talk. It’s too cute…you can’t understand her, but it is really cute.
She shows off that darling little voice when she is playing, and she loves to sing too…but only loud enough so I can hear. Her giggle is priceless.

She is a tease…she’ll take a piece of food and go to feed it to me, and then all of a sudden shove it in her mouth and giggle. She likes peek a boo and chase too.

No news on the waiver…tomorrow is “do or die”. We’ll either get good news in the morning or get to moving things to a Friday departure. I’ll let you know as soon as we know something.

And to close…the AHOPE kids are awesome. They are the sweetest, happiest, loviest bunch of kids. They are happy and healthy and very loved. They desperately want, deserve and need families. We had such a wonderful time today spending time with these angels, and it is the deepest prayer of our hearts that they all find forever families.

That’s all for now. I haven’t heard anything new on the home front so I am assuming that no news is good news…I love it here…but I cannot wait go home and have my whole family together!!!!