In Which We Bring Home Two New Babies~

Going home with TWO more babies!

 With the departure of Abby, Katerine, and Alison our house has been WAY too quiet, so with the permission of Jennifer, we picked up two more children from Casa One! Almost exactly a week ago, S. and A. his baby sister, came to live with us. They had been selected because it seemed that S. especially needed some extra attention, but A. also has some health needs that a family can help to correct quickly. 
  They both have already stolen our hearts and have once again filled our house with noise and life! Samuel loves to be outside puttering around. He likes to watch our pet bunny and try to catch it. He also gets along really well with Leo, who he shares a room with.
(S. in the above picture is how he looked most of the first day. Check out the pictures below to see the change in his disposition!)

Leo checking out the newcomer!

 A. is too sweet for words and has been like a real live doll for the little girls to play with!

Clara with her new live "baby doll"

 Our boys have enjoyed having another "man" in the house. S. seems to really enjoy his new big brothers on loan.

Clancy, S., and Myles

  By far Samuel's favorite person is Tio Rudi. From day one no one could get as many smiles and laughs as Tio could. I think he has missed out on a father figure in his life and now he is soaking it up! Look at his grin in the next picture... too cute!

Time with Tio Rudi 

Hanging out with Emily and Paula

 Baby A. has settled into our family nicely as well. She wakes once or twice each night to eat and we are working on fattening her up like Leo...hmm...don't know if we will be able to do that! When she is awake she is bright eyed and alert. She loves to coo and give us smiles. It does seem that she is behind on nutrition, so we are looking into ways to bump up her weight and her fragile system! If love is what she needs, she is getting plenty of that!:)

~Precious Baby A.~

Psalm 68:5-6a "A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation. God setteth the solitary in families:" What a blessing that God has put these children in our care. It is awesome to have our house full to the brim again. We are privileged to be here serving together as a family.

Buddies!

Another Buddy!