September 23, 2006

• Today was pretty much like every other day for the past two weeks.  I visited with Alma this morning and afternoon in the baby room with the other babies and caregivers.  She had just woken up when I arrived this morning and they allowed me to feed her.  I noticed they put chopped boiled egg into her porridge.  I need to have Ahz ask why they give the other babies what looks like cream of wheat and Alma is given a porridge that looks like rice.  Whatever it is, she likes it.   She and the rest of the babies still had runny noses, but none of them had any coughs.  We played as usual, but I could tell she wasn’t feeling good and by the end of each visit she was ready for a nap.  I gave the caregivers the two blankets I purchased and they put them in her crib.  One as a sheet and the other as a cover.  They brighten her crib and will hopefully keep her warm tonight.  Her fingers were ice cold when I arrived this morning.

  I’ve also discovered she is a wiggle worm!  Trying to change her clothes and diaper is a challenge.  The caregivers keep various items on the changing table that Alma finds fascinating and she will not be distracted from trying to grab each and every item!  As I watched the caregivers change the other babies, it became evident that Alma is the Queen of wiggling! 

  Tomorrow is Sunday and the orphanage will not allow us to visit.  Ahz has agreed to take us sight seeing outside of the city tomorrow. 

  I’ve uploaded a couple more pictures of Alma.  I have to decide what her name will be by Monday so they can complete my adoption petition that will be filed on Tuesday.  She doesn’t recognize her name yet and I’ve been told that an official at the hospital gave her the name Alma and not her birthmother.  I’ve already discarded the name Serena because after getting to know her better, that name doesn’t fit.    I never knew choosing a name could be so difficult. 

  That’s all for today.

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