Tuesday July 28 Happy Birthday MOM

Today we had a bunch of crying babies. No matter what we did it just seemed we could not soothe some of them. As a matter of fact one of the babies (Paula) had to go into Barlad to the hospital because she had been crying and not taking her bottles for the last couple of days. She is non-verbal and it is hard to know what is going on with her. One of the babies spit up inside my shirt and I did not even notice it until I felt something cold. Ish! We had a full day with the kids but no evening shifts because we went into town (Barlad) for dinner. Many of the group decided to stay late because we wanted to keep the kids out of the cribs as long as possible. I am glad I stayed longer because I got to see Gabi crawling. I was so excited because she is so far behind and it is nice to see her reach any milestones. She still does not sit up on her own but we are working on it! She hates it when we try to make her and pitches one big fit. She is one stubborn cookie. Little Alina would walk over to me and give me big kisses on the lips- It was a good thing I was wearing a face mask because they were sloppy kisses.
We went in to Barlad for a tour of the city this evening. The bus driver recognized me from last year. He was eating sunflower seeds right off the plant. I tried a couple and they were good- raw. We took a walking tour and stopped to see some girls at a school practicing dancing they were so cute. We got to the Alona Restaurant and had a wonderful meal and good conversation. We stopped to get cash and then food at the grocery store. Now it is 11 pm here and I am ready for bed.

Alina

Alina cuddling with me- she is almost 2 and the outfit is 0-3 month sized

Miaestra

Marius and Gabi sharing a swing

Ionela being nice to baby Maria(1 Year).

Maria had gone into Bucharest, I think, to see if she would be a candidate for surgery for her Hydrocephalus. She is not because there is no grey matter. So she is now at Tutova for comfort cares. They do not know how much longer she has to live. Such a sweet little girl.

By the way cooked carrots in our soup for lunch and cooked carrots at dinner, but at least the dinner was family style so I could leave them alone!