Second Visit

We had our second visit with the children tonight. The abuelos brought them over to our house for dinner. They were extremely excited to be here. I met them outside and Valentino said, "Mommy!" when I opened the car door. Victoria had a huge grin on her little face. The second visit went just as well as the first.

The second we walked in the door, Valentino saw a picture of me and Dave hanging on the wall and said, "Mommy," and pointed at the picture. I was thrilled. I pointed to Dave and said, "Who is this?" and he said, "Daddy." Sweeter words were never heard. My friends A and J gave us a silver frame engraved with the word "Family" and I had printed our first family portrait and put it in the frame. Valentino saw the picture and identified everyone in the picture. Mommy. Daddy. Victoria. Tino.

The kids LOVED the dogs! Victoria shrieked with joy at the sight of them. Of course Lucy could hardly contain herself too and had to be restrained for most of the evening.





We ate dinner together and I was thrilled to see that the children are excellent eaters. Valentino ate salad, pizza, and a little fruit. Victoria ate everything too. She ended up with a little more on her face, though...



Later, we showed them this really cool toy I bought for them on the day after I got the news that we were chosen. Valentino loved it and scooted all over the house. Victoria wanted in on the game too, but didn't care too much for the whole sharing thing. The first thing she did when seated was to try her best to kick her brother off. Eventually we distracted her by asking her to wave at us.





During dinner, P suggested that we have the children spend the night with us next. I was overjoyed! I bought a toddler bed earlier today and I assembled it as soon as they left. Then we rushed out to get the mattresses from Target (my new favorite place in the world). I will drive down to Tucson to pick up the crib from my cousin Z on Saturday, then rush back to see my babies. They'll spend Saturday night with us. WOO HOO!!!