Messy children

I woke up this morning and when I stepped outside, I noticed an uncharacteristic overcast sky. Just as breakfast was starting, I heard the sound of RAINDROPS?! Yes, rain drops. It rained for maybe 2 minutes, and then it was done. The walk to the Haven was dry and cool. Throughout the day, however, the skies cleared up and it warmed up outside. Overall, it was a tiring day I must say. I spent the first two hours of my morning in Haven 3 with the TB and HIV babies. Ruth rolled from her stomach to her back, but just couldn’t seem to roll from her back to her stomach. She hated me for working her out, but I know she will thank me when she is rolling all over the place next week. The next baby I had was Adam, a six-month-old baby. He was defensive about me being close to his mouth with our feeding and swallowing instruments, so I stayed far from his face. But then Adam started the “let’s get Anna really dirty today” theme by spitting up his medicine all over my hands and skirt. The next hour of my day occurred in Haven 1 with a baby named Chilala. She is a super cute and very alert 5-and-a-half month old. Now, the other day I held a baby and put her back after she spit up once on me. Well, Chilala spit up on me 3 times and I just could not put her back for some reason. I sang to her and just held her and thought about how much that might mean to her to be held by someone for an hour. Hooray! Lunch was fantastic and the break between lunch and the afternoon couldn’t have been long enough. Next thing I knew, I was back at Haven 1 being spit up on by Virginia. Oh well. The remainder of my afternoon took place in Haven 3 of course. I spent lots of time with Matt and Bennett, my children as far as I am concerned on this trip. They got goldfish crackers all over me and each other. Funny story… Matt was sitting in my lap sort of eating when Bennett walks toward me and falls onto my lap/Matt. When he fell, a gold fish cracker flew out of his mouth onto Matt’s arm. Yes, and then Matt ate it. So at the end of the day, I was nicely decorated with various food groups thanks to all the kiddos. I am going to miss them terribly.

But enough of that. Love to you all!

Anna