Coming and Going...

On Wednesday we said goodbyes to one little girl, and this morning in came another! (With almost exactly the same name, ha!)

This little girl isn´t exactly brand new to us, though. In fact, she´s lived with Casa de Amor since she was a baby. However, since she was about a year old she has lived in House 3, which is a home to children with special needs. This little girl has been diagnosed with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and also is hearing impaired. She also loves climbing on things and giving hugs! She has lived with the Alseth family for most of her life. You can read about her rough start here on our director´s blog -

http://hogardeamor.blogspot.com/2009/04/child-history-30.html

Until very recently, House 3 has been run by a missionary family by the US - home to 8 Bolivian children as well as their 4 and run in a family setting. However, the Alseth´s are in the process of adopting 3 of their children whose paperwork is available. Consequently, the courts have ordered that for the best bonding of these 3 children with the family, it´s best if the other children who were living with them moved out. Thus, we have this 2 and a half year old at the Baby Home! I can´t imagine how rough it would be to move away from the only family you can remember, but she has had a pretty good first day here.

climbing around outside

playing with her toys from home

´´helping´´ me bake a birthday cake

Ready for bed! She was a little teary as she got into her new crib, but is sleeping soundly as I type!