Day 11: Eyes on the Prize

Today, Leah had a routine doctor’s visit at the local hospital. We didn’t find this out until we went for our morning visit and saw her looking like a marshmallow. We were not able to visit her this morning and took a taxi back to the apartment. We found out that everything checked out clear except the ear, nose and throat doctor. This is because of her bronchitits. They prescribed fluid massages, which are basically pounding on the babies back to break up the phelgm. They said if this doesn't work they will then prescribe anticbiotics.

We learned today that there is a problem with the Spanish couples birthmom. They are leaving on Wednesday without completing the bonding. During the bonding period, they contact the birthmom to get approval. The court and the appeal period is just a formality and the decision has already been made whether the birth mom or family wants the baby. They legally still can change their mind during this time, but have had several weeks notification beforehand. We don't know the exact details of this case, but do feel very sorry for them. We are glad everything is progressing smoothly for us so far.

The rest of the day, Davis and I played solitaire on the computer. He is quite good at dragging and dropping the cards. I still need to tell him where to put them but we both enjoy putting our minds to work. We also watched Go Diego Go Movie.

Milon had his daily 2 samsa's today. I do not like them so at least that is one food I can pass by! We had chicken with pasta and spaghetti sauce for dinner. Davis is eating so well here. He finished a huge bowl, although we had to feel his muscles grow through the whole meal. Whatever it takes for him to eat! He is very restless at night these days and is having a hard time settling down to bed even though he is exhausted. One night he didn't fall asleep until midnight. Last night he fell alseep at 9:00. This is much later than his usual 7:00 bedtime. Tonight, Milon gave him a massage instead of reading books and that seemed to settle him to sleep.



Here are some more tidbits on Leah. She is in babyhouse #1. She has 2 teeth on the bottom and I can see buldges where more are coming in. She loves to be held but only if you are standing up!! She likes to sit on your lap but you can't ignore her. (will make a fun plane ride home :>) She goes to sleep so fast! One minute I see her rub her eyes. I stand up and rock her and she is out! They are not rocked at the babyhouse, just laid down to sleep so rocking is a special treat for both of us. Her favorite thing is to kiss her cheeks and neck. She smiles so big. We have heard her make a happy sound when we kiss her, but have yet to hear her laugh. We really can't tell how mobile she is because we have to play on a couch! I know she can roll over but can't tell if she is able to get into sitting position from lying down. She is doing much better at sitting without support, although she still topples over.

These are our new friends...sad isn't it. Davis and I feed them everyday and they now must watch our window from a tree because as soon as we open it to throw bread they arrive.


We are doing okay, ready to come home, hoping once we are all 4 sitting on the couch in our own home, we look back on this time and remember with fond memories. Until then, we are anxious to get home and excited fo the day we bring Leah back with us.