Yes things are moving slowly but surely. I received the July update today and cried as I read and saw pictures of our Haitian Sensations being introduced to their forever family.
This is the part of the report:
Julner, Julena, and Windy were THRILLED to learn about
you this month in detail for the first time. Previous to this they knew they
would have a new family, and that one was waiting for them, but until now they
did not know your names and faces. Joyce
sat and talked with them about you, how you will make one visit to meet them for
a few days, and then you will come again and they will go home with you to their
new lives. She talked with them about
what a family is like, trying to introduce the concept that they have never
really felt before. Julner took it all
in quietly, almost motionless, eyes glued to the photo on your album. Julena, smiled, giggled, fidgeted, said “YES”
repeatedly, and overall beamed. Windy
looked from Joyce, to his big brother, to his big sister, and then back to
Joyce, trying to understand how he should be feeling from what Julena and Julner
were. They loved the album, and took
long moments on each page, only flipping forward when Julena could no longer
contain her excitement to see what was on the next page. Julena being more verbal than Julner at this
point about it, commented that her new Mama is beautiful. She pointed to Emily and declared that she
wanted to be her. They were concerned by
the Halloween costumes, and as Joyce explained what they were for they shook
their heads at the oddness of it, and flipped on. They are all pretty certain
they want to swim in the pool in your neighborhood, so good luck if you get them
home in the winter months. And they
would like to have ice cream with you in the photo.
After they took their time and flipped through the album
again and again Joyce showed them the plush animals you sent, they tried to
guess which was for who. Julena was
certain the blue one was for her, so GREAT job picking it out! The boys have swapped back and forth several
times already.
They would like to say “THANK YOU” for the album, and
the toys you sent. They said they would
like to say “Hi” and “How are you?” and
“We want to see you.” And since they
can’t communicate with you in person they each “wrote” you a letter, or more
accurately drew you a page. They are
scanned and attached below. Hope you
enjoy a little something from the hand of each of your three loving, spunky,
excited little ones here.
