Sunshine!

We woke up this morning to sunshine, and it was very welcome. It still isn't warm yet, but it's getting there and it was a great encouragement to see the sun. We went to the playground twice and visited the girls twice. The second visit we went outside with Dana's groupa and spent about 45 minutes with her, then went inside and played one-on-one with Eve for about 20 minutes. It was great to get to spend time alone with each of them. We're working on teaching Eve sign to help her communicate, and she's picking it up pretty well for someone who's only ever used screeching to communicate. :)

Eve reading books with Papa

Dana had her second run-in with Mama today and once again, Mama won. The girl is stubborn and I have a feeling we're going to be in for a few good temper tantrums when we get home. However, she clears up pretty quickly and becomes obedient when she realizes we won't give in so I think she'll be a quick learner. ;)

Dana with our photo book

Tomorrow the boys will be going with us to the orphanage. The plan is to have them and the girls play outside on the orphanage playground so that they can meet before the girls come home. Hopefully it will be sunny again tomorrow and even warmer!

And, just in case you felt things were going a little too perfectly, we've come upon a small hitch. I'm not going to go into a lot of details, but we've hit a paperwork snag. Right now we're still scheduled to have court on Thursday, and if that happens we will be doing our best to come home this weekend (and will then come back in a couple of weeks and get the girls). But if the paperwork problem cannot be resolved, we might not be able to have court when it's currently scheduled. Our facilitators are working very hard to get this resolved (one office is holding everything up, and everyone else is okay with the paperwork from what we understand) and hopefully it will be taken care of in the next day or so.

Please pray for our visit tomorrow and our paperwork glitch to get cleared up! :)