Day 2

We visited her again before dinner yesterday and she was totally fine with us.  We did about 20 laps of the party room because she is so happy and proud of herself to be almost walking.  She grins the whole time.  We just played around with different toys and she was more talkative.

Today, we just got back from our morning visit, and I have to say that turquoise blue is her colour.  It was the first time we had seen her in it, and they brought her out in this pretty blue dress with darker turquoise tights and her eyes just popped!  We went outside this morning and, again, all she wanted to do was walk.  We put her down and each held a hand and did a lap of the building.  A little harder on the uneven ground but she would coo with each step, almost as if she was saying "left, right, left, right," and we just let her lead us where ever she wanted.  For another lap, I would run ahead and turn around to watch her and she would smile really big and lean forward and try to almost run.  It was so funny, her feet just couldn't move fast enough.  We also had her going back and forth between us and when she would try to turn around to run to the other person she would turn her body but not her feet and still try to go forward.  She will definitely be moving on her own so very soon.

We also finally got to meet the couple from Richmond Hill, D & S.  Their little one is in the same group as Dania, I recognized her.  She is about 6 months younger but already bigger than Dania! LOL!  It was so good to finally meet these people in 3D.  When we were calling the names that CHOC gave us as references for the process, these were the only people who called back, and then it just happened that our timelines synched up!  Perfect!

We will be going back this afternoon.  Neither of us feels as tired as we did last time.  We must have had better times for our flights, plus less layover time, to make us feel rested this much sooner.  She tuckers us out though!  She tuckered herself out too!  She led us over to a bench swing and we sat her on it backwards so she could dangle her legs, lean her chest onto the back and hold onto the back as well.  She sat and watched her feet over the ground and completely hypnotized herself hahaha.  After about ten minutes, I all of a sudden touched her back and she jumped and snapped out of it.  She was just so much more animated today.  Even the reps here said that they felt she has had such positive changes and they really think a lot had to do with meeting us and having the one-on-one attention for the five straight days.  She said she feels no worry in her heart that Dania will thrive in our care.  That was the first time I wanted to cry today! HA!

Remember I kept saying I had butterflies...

These were from last night.