The Trip- Day Two

Wednesday-

Day two was even better. Grace is such a riot. She is busy, busy, busy, etc. She smiled when they brought her in this morning. She crawled to me and seemed happy to see me. I brought a couple of different toys today and she really liked them. The Millers and I finally stopped trying to keep the girls from playing with the others' toys and let them trade drool today.
     Grace is a real mover. She likes for you to hold her hands and walk with her. She wants to be where the action is! We had a good two hours together but you could tell that she was getting tired. I stood up with her and just rocked back and forth. She was facing out (so she wouldn't miss any action) and her head kept getting lower and lower until she was almost asleep. We didn't get a picture of it though because Megoul came in to take the babies back. 
     She was much more subdued this afternoon. The Schemmer's asked if they could bring their little boy into the same room as the girls and got approval. All three kids played great together and the adults had fun too.
     Rich Miller had some rings that Grace wanted. She just looked and looked at him for about three minutes like she was studying him. He talked to her and she just looked. Finally, she started crying. She turned around and held her arms out to me. When I picked her up, she stopped crying. Talk about a great feeling (for me; Rich didn't much like it)!
      Both girls have runny noses, but all three children are in such good health. They babble and move to get what they want. They are very well cared for.
      Truthfully, I'm worried to death about the plane ride back. She is not going to sit still. We feel safe and they are taking good care of us. 
      One more thing, we are HOT. The weather here is very nice; in the 60's during the day. We packed very warm clothes and they keep the babyhouse and our apartment hot. I think I'll lose 10 pounds in sweat before we get home.

This is Grace in her crib at the babyhouse.

Grace and Zhanna playing.