Day Three!

What did we do on day three?

In the morning, we did our usual outside routine.

Except this time, we had the kind of balloons you make into animals and hats and whatever else.

The kids had blast with them!

 We couldn’t seem to get them blown up fast enough.

They kept popping on the ground, so we kept making more and more.

While all of this was going on, we rotated 2 at a time to the babies that are kept in the big kids’ room.

We spent time hugging, playing, and snuggling.

On some of the babies we did some massage and stretching.

Their muscles were so tight after so many hours sitting in one place.

Some babies couldn’t even fully extend their arms and legs because of how long they had been in one spot.

It hurt to see them in such rough shape.

For what seemed like the thousandth time since I've been here, I tried to push back the feelings of anger and frustration over how they had been treated.

It’s not easy, that’s for sure.

There was a new little boy at the orphanage today.

He was just dropped off by the police either last night or this morning.

He seems to be about 6 years old very unsure of his surroundings.

He tends to sit in the corner by himself, quiet and lonely.

We are hoping that he is just lost and his parents are coming to see him.

I hope so. It’s so hard to see another child becoming an orphan.

In the afternoon, it was baby play time.

We spent a good portion of the time giving American names to the babies. (I’ll share those later!)

And we got out the bows for a little bit of dress up and took pictures!

After that, it was feeding time.

I had to wake up my little buddy to eat his formula/rice cereal mix.

It seems hard to swallow, because I kept giving him time to breathe a little and he choked on it a lot, as did many of the other babies.

We rocked and played with them until they all started to get drowsy and fall asleep, and gradually the nannies took them out and out them in their cribs.

They go to bed early!

Tonight we are going to dinner with Mr. Ren’s friends that are the regional leaders for childhood Communist party education.

I'm a little nervous to see what they ask and how they act towards us.

That’s a PR for you!