this afternoon we got to go on a field trip to tour los pisingos! we had a great time...a driver picked us up a little after 2:00 and then we picked up luz stella and headed to LP. carlos greeted us once again and actually gave us the tour! we thought that was pretty cool that the director spent all that time with us. we presented him with several gifts for the children which he really appreciated. the smallest items mean so much to them. we gave them a variety of gifts including some small fleece baby blankets, baby caps, crayons, cars, socks, etc. carlos then walked us through the entire facility. we got to see where cruz spent his time during his first 7 1/2 months of his life. it was amazing how many children were there....140 total, including 35 babies (under 6 months!). the children were beautiful and made you want to pick them all up and take them home with you! we were very impressed with how clean and organized LP is. the children are very loved and are well taken care of. we were even able to see the daughter of another family that will be traveling soon and were able to take some pictures of her for them. i was so happy we were able to do that as it's so hard to only have one picture of your child for so long. speaking of which, carlos did present us with two additional baby pictures of cruz...one appears to be when he's really little and we think the other one might be from after referral (december?). after our tour we headed back to paris where cruz crashed for a nice pre-dinner nap.
after dinner, heath brought cruz up to our room and they were playing on the bed when i came up. cruz has been so close to rolling over (from his back to his tummy) and he was getting even closer as heath was laying next to him. heath ended up getting up to use the bathroom and while he was in there, cruz did it! he rolled over! he was so excited and started laughing and giggling - it was adorable. heath was a little bummed that he missed it, but then he did get to witness it again a few minutes later. we're amazed at how much stronger cruz seems to have gotten in just the week he's been with us.
we also had some good news from luz stella - we have our defender of minor's meeting tomorrow afternoon at 3:30! once that is completed, our paperwork heads to the court system. yippee!
here are a few pics from our field trip:
colombian carseat:
older baby room (where cruz was last):
one of cruz's caretakers & his friends:
baby cribs
snack time!
good night!
Glad you had such a wonderful tour! We were unable to tour LP the first time and there are so many more children. I can't even imagine what 35 babies under 6 months is like? There were 8 there when we received our son. Such powerful photos. Amazing how much great care and love LP continues to provide. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the photos.
ReplyDeleteCruz is just thriving! It's what a family's love does. I remember the doctor from Los Pisingos telling us that they give everything they can to these children, but they can't do what having a family does. Bless you! You look so happy!
Love,
The VPCs