Day Three in Haiti

We had another amazing day with Trey Amos today! We are really getting to know this little guy's personality and he's really coming out of his shell. He LOVES to cuddle, but he also loves to be rambunctious. He enjoys a little bit of rough-housing...and let me tell you...if there's something he doesn't like, he'll let you know! That high pitched squeal sends Mommy and Daddy into a tailspin trying to figure out what's wrong...but there's never any tears...and as soon as he gets to go back on the floor, or gets picked up, or whatever he wants, he's fine again! Ah yes, he's got his parents bending to his every whim already!

Trey Amos can also be really silly and quite a little show off! Usually this involves holding something in his mouth without his hands, copying noises, imitating facial expressions (including sticking out his little tongue!), or putting his face flat into the cushion on the wicker sofa and pretending he doesn't care that we're there. He's so funny!

Anyways, he started off bright and early in the jolly jumper. He likes to jump and then lift his feet up while the jumper bounces and spins around.

He always has lots of cuddles and snuggles for Mommy and Daddy. Actually, all the kids here do. When we take other kiddos out to the balcony, they all want to sit and hug for a while. They just don't get enough of that on a daily basis. For example, right now there are only two volunteers here...Missy and Amanda...and they each get eight babies for one hour a day. That's sixteen babies who get ONE hour of volunteer time...and there are 68 babies here! So obviously, it's just not enough. Trey Amos is going to need tons and tons and tons of one-on-one time when he gets home to help make up for all that was lacking in his first year/months of life.

Okay, Grandpa and Grandma S....those toy barrels that fit inside each other are an absolute HIT! (I can't believe it...it seemed like it might be a totally boring toy...no offense.) Not only does Trey love them, but every kid we had on that balcony today had to play with them. Trey Amos usually puts them in his mouth or bangs them together...but Baby SC was actually putting them together like they're supposed to!

And here Trey is opening Grandpa and Grandma VR's birthday card! He was quite enthralled with the picture on the front!

Oh and what could be more fun than sticking your face into a huge beach ball? I can't think of anything.

Baby AJ was just a little charmer again today! He was looking at Momma and Poppa's book and then started a game of throwing it on the floor and making Brady pick it up...over and over again!

Here are two little munchkins "sharing." Actually, another little boy took something away from SC today and SC looked at him and held out his hand and said "MAMAMA!" as if, "Hey buster, give that back...it's mine!"

After supper we took Trey Amos down to the dining room to show him off to a family that had just arrived from Michigan to pick up their eight year old boy. Then he got to meet Blaze and Bruno, who are Lori's two dogs. Here he is with Blaze, a female Akita. And he also petted Bruno, the male Great Dane. They are two beautiful dogs and both only six months old. Trey wasn't scared at all...which is great because he's gonna have to get used to Samantha when he comes home! Mind you, Sam is SLIGHTLY more hyper and SLIGHTLY less well-behaved than Blaze and Bruno. Just SLIGHTLY!

And of course we ended the night playing on the balcony, star-gazing, and finally rocking off to sleep. Zzzzz.....

See you tomorrow!