Today we visited Pearl's orphanage and boy was it emotional. There are SO many things to say about it but we're all exhausted so I'm going to have to promise to write about it more once I get home. For now I'll say that Pearl's nannies are sweet woman trying very hard to love and care for more children than they really can - adequately, at least. They really are angels and Pearl was very close to several of them. One nanny in particular would often take her home at night and Pearl called her Mama. Once we were finally driving away Pearl, Mike and I were all having a good cry. I wish I could expound upon that but really, we just don't have the time. We have to be up early to fly to Esther's province - we get her tomorrow!!! For now, here is her China "mama" with both Pearl and me.
On a lighter note - we had a relaxed afternoon of swimming and hanging out in the room. Pearl is SO smart - as many of her nannies told me - and she has been surprising us with all that she knows and catches. She can almost sing her ABC's and her handwriting is amazing.
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| Chocolate mustache and all. |
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| Pearl's portrait of her new mama and baba(daddy). |
Pearl is such a beautiful little girl! I love her smile. Can't wait to see Esther's gotcha day!
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ReplyDeleteShe just looks perfectly happy! Love it! Excited to see your next post :)
ReplyDeleteIt is such a blessing that Pearl has been so well cared for! I hope that isn't a Redbull you gave her for the last picture!
ReplyDeleteCan't.Stand.the.CUTENESS! What a beautiful little girl and such a sweet spirit! Praying for your family that Esther has as smooth first days as Pearl and that your new daughters become close friends and close sisters!
ReplyDeletePearl's China "Mama" was also assigned to my Asher although she was not nearly as fond of him as she seems to have been Pearl. :) Went we visited the SWI, we asked about Pearl in hopes of learning more about her (and get new pics) to advocate for her. When we asked the nannies, this lady became slightly upset because she thought we were asking because Pearl had already been chosen. It was obvious she really cared about Pearl and didn't want to lose her!
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