Pa, Paula and Cristi!

This afternoon Cristi and Paula left for Barlad Children's Hospital. We believe more children will be following them, but they were the first to go. In the morning Jane dressed Cristi in cute big boy clothes and sneakers to practice his walking. He has improved so much, and will often only hold one finger. Paula had a great morning! She wandered around the halls, lay in a toddler bed with me, and gave me dozens of nose kisses, and two real kisses! It was a scence though when it came time for them to leave. Both kids were crying, as well as the other big kids (they seemed to feel the tension), and we were all crowded into the entryway. We had to hand the kids off to the ambulance people among the screams, and off they went. Though they ran back once because apparently a dog ate Cristi's shoe!