Last Moments in The Old Baby Room

Olivia was "speech-less" to see her Daddy again. And Daddy was equally speech-less to see her. These are the final moments that Olivia spent in her old baby-room with her care givers. Shortly thereafter we walked out of there for the final time. During these few minutes Olivia kept studying me with a look of amazement. As soon as we got outside she was all smiles.

It felt strange to get to walk out of the orphanage and take Olivia along. We had gotten so used to always having to give her back to the care-takers in her baby room. We thought we would not be able to take Olivia with us until Monday, so being able to do that Sunday morning (July 13th) was a pleasant surprise!


The care-givers in Olivia's baby room were nice enough to send me off with three bottles of kefir for Olivia. Kefir is a cultured milk product much like yogurt but with even more health benefits. Most Americans are un-familiar with kefir and tend not to like it as it is not laden with sugar. In the Pacific Northwest we can find kefir at some of our higher end grocery stores as well as at Trader Joes. Lauren enjoys kefir to this day. For more information on kefir check out http://www.kefir.net/index.htm