Day 3- Friday

Today we woke up after a good night of sleep! One thing we will get is sleep! J We usually end up going to bed early and then sleeping in (compared to our normal routine at home) every morning! Our mornings so far have been pretty laid back. I get my workout in, we fix lunch for the day, we get ready, eat breakfast, and then try and use the wifi here! So far the wifi here has been pretty hot and cold. We’ll have a great connection at one point, and then lose it completely in the next moment! We did get an email out to our friend with a picture of our girl. We’ll try and send more. IF you haven’t gotten to see it we’ll try and get one to you as soon as we get home. Again, we cannot post it on the blog or facebook or anything until she is ours legally!

We were picked up at 9:30 and taken to the crèche. Before we left I looked at The Man and said “Today is going to be an amazing day! It will be better than yesterday… and each day will get better.” Ya know what?!? It WAS tons better today.

We got there on time to meet Benithy playing. When we first arrived she was shy again. We sat next to her playing next to her and around her (there are tons of kids there that love on you… so you do your best to play with them, but still let Benithy know you are focused on her… it’s a hard and weird combo). Anyway, she had breakfast shortly after we arrived and then we walked around with her for a bit. She had a dirty diaper, and I think that is why she didn’t approach us to hold her right away because once she got cleaned up she ran right over to me and I held her.

Soon all the little ones were taken to a little room (the TV room) and we watched “Despicable Me.” Benithy didn’t really want anything to do with the movie (I can’t really blame her the whole movie is in English, and it was REALLY loud in the room) so she snuggled up to me and eventually fell asleep. She was out for a good 1-2 hours. I looked at The Man and told him that we wouldn’t have to worry about Benithy sleeping through loudness at home! J

After she woke up we snuggled a bit more and then we went outside for a bit and tried to play with her. She was still waking up and didn’t really want to have any of it. We went and got bubbles and played a bit with those. Then she ran out of our hands, turned around and said “Mama! Papa!” and then motioned for us to follow. So of course we went after her. We played with her for quite awhile in the “school room” drawing and interacting with her and a few other boys that were inside.

3:00 was lunch for us today! All the kids were so hungry. The Man and I made our own lunch and sat down at a table to eat. We ate our food and were sitting there chatting a moment and we turned to look and there was Benithy! We welcomed her and walked back to her table and noticed that not only had she finished her food, but her food plate was completely clean and all the other kids were only about ½ way through their lunch! She scarfed it! I THINK she wanted to finish early to come see us again! J In our home for meals the Bash always gives us places after we finish our food… I always get 1^st because I eat fast (Hey! I’m a teacher… scarf it down or don’t eat!)… but once Benithy gets home I may have a little competition on my hands!

We played more after lunch. She really loved when I was holding her and we would chase papa or he would chase us. She also loved us hiding and kinda scaring her out of corners. She also loves humming. She will sit in our arms and hum away. At one point we were playing music on my phone and she was just be-bopping away! She’ll fit right into this family! We LOVE music so much! Cannot wait to bring her home and have her experience the Praise Band and all our music we love!

We finished the day with Benithy taking a nap. We sat outside of the office trying to get use of their Wifi (we’re told it is much better there… and it is!). We were able to contact a few from home and check some things before a few boys hijacked my phone. They love playing games (like anyone does). So they were trying to take it from me. So I got to see some things and check some messages and reply to some of you! J That really helps to see and hear from people at home. It feels pretty isolated here…. We’re alone in this house and we spend the rest of our time with kids that don’t really speak English.

All in all today was better! MUCH better… and tomorrow will be too! We continue to feel your love and prayers as we venture through this part of our adoption. We thank you so much for your prayers and encouragement we could not manage without you all! Keep them coming. From Haiti I send you some tight hugs! 

This is a view of Haiti's mountains. We see it every morning on our drive to the creche. Pretty cool huh?