Tuesday,
November 4, 2008
Today was mostly a paperwork day. We started out at the
notary, went to the police station, then the civil affairs
office, off to the orphanage, and back to the notary.
Hopefully everything is in order for Maili’s passport to
be ready by Friday. Holt spent the day with MeMe and Pa
while Jamie and I, along with Maili, were dragged all over
town to pay fees and sign papers.
She went to bed last night without a hitch and slept all
night long, so she was in a pretty good mood this morning.
She never cried at all, just followed along with us
wherever we went and smiled and talked to everyone she
met. She definitely is easygoing and friendly. We did get
to visit the orphanage and meet her foster father. She was
obviously well loved and taken care of and we are so
grateful that they seem to have prepared her for her new
family. She cried briefly when he talked to her and told
her goodbye, then she got very quiet for about half an
hour, during which she didn’t want either of us to touch
her or talk to her. After that she seemed to accept that
she was going to stay with us and went back to being her
silly, happy self. She has kept us in stitches with her
antics all day, and finally warmed up to Holt to the point
that she would only walk down the hall holding his hand
and no one else’s . She has had an obvious preference for
Jamie carrying her everywhere but we were finally able to
get her to walk by holding Holt’s hand and after that they
went everywhere together.
She has just taken everything in stride in an amazing way,
it’s hard to believe she’s only been part of our family
for two days. By the end of the day today she was
following several new directions in English and putting
all of her stuff away in the room where she had seen me
put it last night. She went straight to bed tonight and
was sound asleep in 2 minutes without even a whimper. I
keep waiting for the worst case scenario we had prepared
ourselves for, particularly after her seeing her foster
father for the last time today. But she seems to be happy
to be with us and has not spent time dwelling on her loss
yet, although we do expect some grieving process at some
point. We are blessed that she has adjusted so well and
appreciate everyone’s prayers and support through the
signing of the guestbook. I know it will mean a lot to her
when she gets older to read your comments and know how
much she is loved by people who haven’t even met her yet.
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Maili's first bath
Let's see what's on today
l love my new outfit!
How cute am I? |
