Christmas came early

This morning, I didn't want to get out of bed for anything.  I told Matt I was going to call in sick, and he just pushed me on out of the bed.  I sure am glad that God gave me the strength to get out of bed today.  This morning, at CdE, things were going pretty calmly, and I ran down to my mom's for a minute to get something.  I had not been there 2 minutes when Cindy came running as fast as she could saying Any (pronounced Annie) and Yair (pronounced Ja Yeer) are here.  I took me a second to realize what she was talking about, but when I realized it, I took off in a foot race with her (which I lost) to go meet these two precious souls. 

Any and Yair came right before we arrived in Honduras, but their mom got papers from the judge very soon after that which put them back into her custody, for about 5 days.  Her new boyfriend didn't like them, so she gave them back to IHNFA.  IHNFA wanted to assure that she could never get them back, so they have been stuck in the system for about the last three months while they said they were working on paperwork.  Being that both Karen and my dad are out of the country, they could not get a hold of anyone to let us know that they were coming; therefore, it was a big surprise to everyone.

Any remembered CdE, but she was still very nervous.  She will be four in February, but she only weighs about 20 pounds and is several inches shorter than Haley.  Yair will be two next week, he is small, but not like his sister.  Yair doesn't remember being at CdE, and he is very nervous.  He did not take a nap this afternoon, and when we saw him this evening, he was crying.

My mom and I had already planned to run some errands and leave at 1:00.  We only had a couple places that we were going, but with two extra kids, we needed some presents for the two new additions.  We decided the soft fleece blankets and pjs were to be delivered tonight.  On the way home, I found that the ink tag had not been taken off of the pjs for Any.  We gave each kid their blanket and gave Mirian (the house mom) the pjs for Yair.  Any was running around wearing her soft, pink, blankie like a cape.  She held my hand and showed me her bed, and her baby doll that I gave her earlier.  She was so happy to be home.

Before I left, Mirian and I were discussing a few things.  As I walked out the door, Any said "adios tia, te amo," meaning: "bye bye auntie, I love you."  Yair snuggled up to me and stopped crying for a minute.  Pleas pray for these two precious souls as they adjust to their new life.