Our Babies
We accumulate a lot of snapshots over time and we thought we would share some of them with you. Getting good snapshots of the little ones is not so easy so in attempting to get a few good pictures we end up with many. Here are a few.
As is common with all children, their emotions can change at the drop of a hat.
On the left you can follow little Caleb‘s change (left to right, top to bottom) as he goes from happy and laughing to upset and crying and all of this because Li Sheng the house mother on duty at the time wouldn’t let him comb her hair.
Within a few seconds after the last picture on the right was taken, the tears were gone and he was laughing again!
Moses and Ruthie showing off how strong they are now. These two are almost like twins. They have been together since birth and even now they have started kindergarten together and are in the same class.
These were our first abandoned babies and have been with us five and a half years at this point. They speak both Chinese and English and cause quite a stir in the local kindergarten they attend.
One day their teacher called and was laughingly telling us how it takes longer for all the children to get out of class in the afternoon because Moses wants to help all the little girls put their coats on! What a gentleman!
Little Mary has become a cheerful and fun little girl to be around.
When she came to us her little right foot was turned to the right to about 90 degrees.
Every day we give her a minimum of three periods of therapeutic massage pulling her little foot back into position and holding it there for a period of time.
She is now walking and gets around like any other child her age.
We may put her in braces for awhile but as of right now the doctors say she doesn’t need them and that her little feet are developing just like they should.
Left to right, top then bottom: Michael, Gracie, Autumn, Rose, Peter, Isaac and Abby Joy.
It is a true joy to watch these little ones grow up. Michael and Peter are in first grade now and this fall Gracie, Autumn and Isaac will be starting kindergarten.
Posted: March 19th, 2006 under Abandoned Babies.