Pizza, Baby Massages and Baths :)

Here is a quick update, i'll try to make it quick anyway! Yesterday was a really fun day! During playtime we did baby massages :) I watched this video from TCU about how important touch is for babies who had rough starts, meaning, spent a lot of time in the hospital getting bad touch(like surgeries or ivs and stuff) or little tough, or babies that were abused, or simply babies in orphanages who don't get as much touch. Now i think our babies gets lots of touch because we love to hold them, but prolly not quite as much as a one on one scenario, so anyways, they talked about simple rubs on the back, tummy, legs and arms can much such a difference for them and is really good for making neurotransmitter connections (or something a long those lines :) ) and it was so cute, they loved it and smiled and giggled and some fell asleep! lol So that afternoon we did a workout session to Father Abraham and they moved their arms and legs :) Again we had lots of extra sweet helpers, so lots of loving!
I learned a song in Chinese!! It's about an elephant with a big nose whose mom tells him his nose is beautiful, so we sang that a lot :)
We had a delicious lunch, they had lots of meat which i was excited about because there isn't always a lot of meat. They had this yummy fried chicken, fish and shrimp, or course it all still had bones and eyes and legs and all that stuff which is gross, but once you get past that, very good! We got to order pizza and pepsi that night too, and we just got to hang out a little bit later, of course while still holding babies but most of them were in bed so that was fun, all us girls enjoyed that a lot!

Then today was bath day :) It makes for a busy day with 25 babies, but it's something different than the usual schedule so it's kind of nice! Plus the babies all smell good and sleep good after :) We read books during the second play time today which was fun and they all actually seemed to semi pay attention. Then i read the babies the sweet letters Emily sent me from the KM kids, it made my day!! And i showed them the pictures of the kids, i don't think they were so interested but it was funny.

Katie and I found fans in our room tonight and were so excited cause it's starting to get hot!

I realized tonight, i've gotten to talk to more people that i haven't talked to in ages while i've been over here. Funny how that works huh? The less time i seem to have and the further away I am the more i talk to more people. Well i like it!! Thanks again to everyone who is reading this, i love getting to share my "new life" with you guys and I love hearing from you as well, it keeps me feeling connected! Today was one of those days when things start to sink in more and more, i think i still feel like it's camp or something and I'll be leaving in a few days, but with Alli, Mandee and Thatcher leaving on Monday and me thinking nope i'm not going, I guess it felt more real which always makes me a little sad and homesick but at the same time i'm loving things here and so Katie and I are gonna start maybe doing and planning some new activities for certain days so we can settle into a schedule and feel more at home and like we're living here cause we will be for the next 2 months. So Em those letters came at a good time, they made me cry but it was a happy cry, so thank you!!
Well i think one of our baby girls comes home tomorrow from the hospital, so i'll let you know soon if she gets too. I think that's all for now! ...So much for quick. lol LOVE YOU ALL!!


Our usual work and hang out place :)









Chinese PIZZA! ...actually delicious, it's like a pizza hut brand.








Here are the sweet letters and pictures i hung on my wall and ceiling :)