Our meeting with the Director of Child Protective Services and our day

We had such a pleasant surprise when we walked into the meeting room... they had set up a reception for us with cookies, water, candy , coke and other treats. She was very nice and very interested in picking our thoughts on adoption in general and special needs adoption. She even took notes and because she is new is starting to implement changes in the care of the children and the adoption process... then it was decided that we should be interviewed on their national tv... so they are coming to our hotel to do the interview... We pray that we can be a light to many even more now that we will be on their national tv.... please remember this time in prayer.


More signs of progress in both our blessings... Gracie is eating well now. I guess she has decided to give us some control there. She sings all the time...actually no words but humming songs we recogonize. We were playing hide from Joseph and Andrew in the hotel this afternoon( very few people here today).. Cate, Gracie and I were in and out of the elevator and Joseph and Andrew were trying to find us... all of a sudden she starts humming the Elmo song... and they found us. They both were great at the restaurant which can be a glimmer of hope for our trip home :)

Andrew continues to show positive signs of change too. He slaps himself less and we rarely hear him cry his sweet soft cry. He is very oral and drools alot with fingers in his mouth and he will purposely make spit to slurp. He crawled over to my chair and was under in and thru it to be by me... and he loves to be kissed... he is such a needy one but loves the phyisical touches and play we do . I can't wait to see him just a few months from now. We think when we were leaving today we heard him say da many times as we were going out.... Gracie tonite was so tender with him .. she was trying to connect with him face to face again.....

The picture I hope to post will be of the people we met with today at the Division of Child Protective Services....