Here are some pictures from yesterday during our second orphanage visit with our little "Zephanushka". Most are with Scott (me, Rachel, taking pictures) but I assure you I've had plenty of fun moments with our little boy :)
I would also ask for everyone to continue to pray as "Wallace" (our Zephaniah) has some health issues we were unaware of until we met him on Friday the 16th. They are more recent occurring in early September, which is why they were not disclosed to us earlier. We are praying nothing comes up, especially during this process, and that he remains in good health so he can safely travel home to the states. I don't know what we are allowed to disclose on-line and not so I'll leave it like that on our blog. We hope it will not become anything serious and pray for God to heal him. His language is similar to our 1 year old's (in his own language). He knows some words and phrases and understands a lot of their words and phrases but does not speak all that clearly or very many words. But we feel he's a fast learner because he is already trying to say "jump", "car", "ball", and he says "na" for "no". So we feel he will be able to pick up English pretty fast with all the little chatter-boxes we have at home.
Not every moment is "fun" - some of it is figuring out what makes him happy and what he doesn't like and when or how easily he is over-stimulated or tired. His little pout - think somebody is going to be spoiled???
Do we have a picture of him smiling? Oh yes we do! LOTS!
We taught him "Bbbbbbb" - the car motor sound with his lips - it is just too cute!
He really likes for his "Papa" to show him the sunglasses!
When we can tell he's getting tired or over-stimulated we place him back into his "safe place" which is in this case a stroller that is very difficult to steer/turn - but we manage and just push him along, letting him play with a simple toy and letting him hear our voices and language so he slowly gets used to us.
He's super cute! What a blessing that he now has his very own Mama & Papa!
ReplyDeleteHe is so adorable. Praying for his health.
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Carlene's soon to be momma :)
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He is absolutely beautiful. So excited you finally are with him. We are adopting Donna (aka Autumn). My daughter (Ashley Quinn) and I have been following your blog and remember you when you were on the worship team at church. We live in Yucaipa so hopefully one day we will get to meet your family and know that you are all in our prayers :)
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