More Pictures of H

Meine Lieben, ich habe Euch neue Photos von unserer H geschickt, die ich heute von Sheresa bekommen habe. Sie hat ihren kleinen Sohn im gleichen Waisenhaus abgeholt wo die H ist. Guckt in Papi's email, dass ihr sie seht. Sie hat anscheinend auch video gemacht aber das schickt sie mir auch bald. Sie hat mir auch ein langen Bericht geschrieben ... er ist da drunter in weinrot ... ich glaube das meiste wirst du verstehen Mama wenn nicht uebersetze ich es Dir wenn wir bald wieder im Skype reden.

Today - thank you so very much Sheresa - I received some more pictures of our H from another travelling mom who picked up her precious little boy (check our her website by clicking her name) from the same orphanage/transition home where H is. She also sent me a long report. I wish I could share the pics with you but I can't .... not until we pass court. But Sheresa did also send me a long report. See below.

Alida,
I am so sorry to hear that you did not pass court! :( That is so disappointing. "Just" three weeks, tho, right? Well, hopefully this will cheer you up. I am attaching pictures! I took these before she opened her package. Basically,this is the play by play: she pulled out the sweatshirt and immediately started unbuttoning her sweater and changed into the sweatshirt. I think she then noticed that there were pants in the bag and was going to start pulling her pants off there in the courtyard of the HOH, but the nanny told her to wait. hehe. Anyway, she looked happy for the package. :)

In response to your questions: She seemed happy. Probably a bit shy. She seemed healthy. I actually didn't see any children who looked sick. I think they are very well cared for there at the HOH.
Let's see... I didn't check her size, but whatever size you sent her seemed to fit ok.. maybe just a bit on the big side.

I do have a story. We were at the HOH on Christmas Eve for the Christmas party and at lunch (it was a fancy Ethiopian feast). So there were several tables set up for all the kids over 2 or 3 or so. They were So well behaved. Another of the moms who traveled with us worked in education, and she made the comment that any teacher in America would kill for kids like that! They sat quietly waiting for their food, and no one even touched their plate until after they prayed. It was so precious, all of them with their hands folded and saying "amen" together. :) So then they ate our feast, complete with cake, and we traveling families had brought Christmas gifts for each of the children. They each got a coloring book and crayons, a thing of play-doh, a beanie bear, and a candy. And they all said "thank you" each time something was handed to them. They are just to polite and well-behaved. :)

We also had brought chocolates of the Russell Stover variety that each child tried, and there was this one little boy right next to H who had licked the chocolate off the outside of his candy and apparently didn't like the inside, so he had this whole handful of slobbery melty chocolate, and he was trying to hand it to me. I grabbed a napkin, and was trying to get him to put it in the napkin, but he was just staring at me like he didn't know what I was doing, so H told him to put it in the napkin, and then helped him wipe his chocolatey little hand a bit. (At least I figured that's what she was saying, because after she said something to him, he at least figured out what was going on.) So I would say she's a helpful little sweetheart. :)

Prayers for your next court date! And if you have travel questions or anything I can help with in the meantime, just ask! :)

Sheresa.

Thank you so much Sheresa!!!!