Jenna touching the fish daddy caught.
1st boat ride, Jenna did great!
Jenna didn't like walking on the grass.
The girls are having a great time at Grammy and Poppy's house. Madison has been itching to go fishing all day and actually caught a large mouth bass on her spongebob fishing pole which was only 1 inch shy of being supper. Rick, on the other hand, caught a large mouth bass that was a keeper - Jenna even touched it. She is pretty laid back and does about anything once. She didn't seem to be bothered by the boat ride, even when Poppy kicked it in high gear for Madison. Jenna was a bit intrigued by the feeling of the wind on her feet.
We let her walk in the grass, which she did not like. She didn't want to walk in the grass at all. Probably never felt grass under her little toes before.
We are learning more and more about Jenna every day. Her first shopping experience today was at Walmart. She likes to throw her dolly on the floor and watch us pick it up, so we started showing her how to pick it up herself. We discovered that she didn't know how to bend or squat to pick up things from the floor. As Grammy was grocery shopping, Madison and I taught Jenna how to bend over at the waist to pick up her dolly.
As Poppy, Grammy and I watched Jenna play with her leggos we discovered, she probably does not even know how to crawl. She definitely does not know how to get up from a seated position. It is so sad thinking about the first two years of her life were spent either laying in the crib or sitting in the walker.
My heart just breaks for the children who are still in the orphanages not getting the love, care and stimulation they need to thrive and be happy. In retrospect, it is probably a good thing we were not allowed to visit the orphanage because I know I would want to take them all home with us.
I have really enjoyed blogging about our journey - I may continue to do so for a while.
Check out the photobucket - we have updated it with lots more pictures.
Teresa
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