The Elephant
We got to return to the Care Center after nap time on Friday afternoon/evening. Mihret was still quite groggy when we arrived, but she didn’t have any problems with us picking her up and playing with her some more. On our first meeting earlier in the afternoon, we brought a tiny purple plush elephant to share with her. There was much debate amongst ourselves about whether we should take the elephant with us when we left or leave it there with her. She didn’t let go of the elephant the entire time we were with her during the first meeting. We knew she liked it. But we knew there was a very good chance she could lose the elephant and it could get claimed by someone else…which would be a very bad thing. We decided to take it with us and bring it with us every time we came to the Center.
That’s the elephant in the lower section of the picture above. It used to be Aiden’s. But he never really played with it as a baby. Every time we returned to the Care Center, we brought the elephant so there’d be one more thing for her to associate with us. It turned out to be a good thing. On Saturday, she gave us a little smile when she saw the elephant and reached out to it. She loved handing it to us then taking it back from us. Apparently, sharing is a game to her. That might not be a bad thing.
Not sure if we’ll ever get her hair looking like this, but we’ll certainly try. Well…Christy will try. I’ll give moral support. Because I’m lucky to get Alyson’s hair into pigtails. 🙂
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I think the braids will definitely take time… however, I think once Christy gets the hang of it… it will be perfect. She and I were talking about it right after Mihret came home, there is a place in Muncie that u can take her to have it done and from my experience (with other friends’ daughters ) Once the braids are in it is alright to leave them in for a day or two. 🙂 All the pics I have seen thus far her hair was cute even when it is not braided. 🙂