I came across these pictures of Rachel and myself the other day. I just had to post them, she was the cutest baby girl and so happy all the time. These were taken in 1980. Rachel was two years old. Larry thinks I looked like I had a Farrah Fawcett hairdo...it is truly frightening! Thank God the styles have changed. Wonderful memories of the two of us though.
We got a call from Orangewood last night that Lily was being taken from her home again. She is back with us and we are so happy! She was exhausted and dirty when her social worker drove up to our house with us. We gave her a bath and bottle and put her to bed. She was very upset and cried for quite a bit. Larry rocked her and she finally settled down and went to sleep. Her dad had her up until 10 PM each night I guess. Her main food there was Gerber Graduates Puffs. It will take a few days to get her back into her schedule but we know that she will adjust soon. We are just really thankful that Lily's social worker was really looking out for her.
This morning we returned our foster baby, Lily, to her birth dad. We had such a wonderful time with her for the past three months. She is truly a wonderful little girl. While she was with us she learned to crawl, eat with her fingers, stand up and cruise around holding on to furniture, three baby signs (fan, lights & gentle), speak three words (moo & duck, and uh-oh), play with puzzles, lego's, and beads and raise her hands when Larry asked her to in German! Not bad for just three months. We are awaiting our next foster baby who is one and half years old and a girl. We should probably have her in our home next week sometime.
