We headed to the Internet café about 5:45 this morning for our video chat back home. At first they told us the Internet wasn’t working but we tried it anyway and it worked. Getting to talk to and see Russell was a good start to the day, but it went downhill after that!

Robert didn’t want to have anything to do with us today. At first he came right to us and then he started crying. One of his caretakers calmed him down and he was okay for about 10 minutes then it was more tears. We couldn’t do anything to make him happy and he just kept scooting away from us. Another caretaker came in and lead us outside with him were they were filling up a little swimming pool. We stayed by Robert but he definitely didn’t want us around. After he went swimming he let me carry him back inside with his group, but when I started to go upstairs instead of following his group he started trying to get away from me again. I just put him down and they told him to hug us goodbye. He did hug us but he was glad to see us go. Today was a complete about face from yesterday. We’ll see what tomorrow has in store for us.

On a positive note, while we were outside at the Baby House today, we met two other couples adopting. We ended up meeting one of the couples for lunch. They’re from Dayton, Ohio and they’re adopting a two and a half year old boy. They have a four year old toddler at home that they adopted about three years ago so we have a lot in common with them. Plus, they have no hot water either!