GETTING TO KNOW MY GIRLS HEARTS!!!

A few more interesting things to share:

- While we were sitting by the pool eating lunch yesterday, Michael was quiet for a while and Catalina (who we noticed to be extremely sensitive) asked me: Mami, is Papi happy? then I told her to ask him directly, she did but added: Papi are you happy? are you happy with us & that you chose us? Oh boy, he almost lost it crying his heart out and gave her a huge hug telling her that of all the little girls in the entire world, they were the ones God wanted for us as our daughters and that the love we feel for them is soooooooooooooooooooooooo big you couldn't even fit it in the swimming pool (boy was she happy to hear that)!

- I was brushing Catalina's hair yesterday and she said: Mami take a look in the mirror, don't you think we look so much alike? I said of course we do, you are my daughter and I am your mother, she started to beam. Michael and I were thrilled to hear her say that, for it means she is starting to "Claim us" a very healthy thing for them to do sooner or latter.

- Tonight, while we were having dinner Patricia asked me: Mami are you ever going to die? then when I asked her why she was asking the question she said: well, if you die who is going to take care of me like you do? Men I had to use all my strength to hold it together at the restaurant.

- We were browsing through our photos together and there were some really bad ones of Michael and I, so I jokingly said: "feia" the word for ugly and immediately Daniela got upset and said: Don't say that, you are my Mami & Papi and you are "Lindos" - Beautiful!!!

- As far as the girls temperaments go, we have found Patricia to be a real "Ham," she is the little actor & comedian. She has lots of energy. Catalina is very delicate, unfortunately, she was the one that suffered the most neglect and besides being quite little, she gets tired really easily and when we took them out for a walk today she told me she loves to walk, but always gets tired fast, she does not have much energy, but I have her on some really good multi-vitamins, which she loves because of the taste. Daniela is the "real baby," she is so tiny and loves to whine and pout. She was a bit quiet the first day (which we understood due to her bond with her foster Mom), but today she started being her "old self" again talking like a little trooper (which is awesome, for her paperwork states that she is the most verbal of the 3).

- Oh yes, one last thing: tonight when we took them out to dinner, they wanted "arroz con pollo," (chicken with rice) and they enjoyed it tremendously (although they are tiny eaters). While eating dinner, Catalina's fork fell on her plate and she spilled a little bit of food on her lap & floor, all of a sudden her face turned red and she whispered to me: "Mami, can you get me a broom quickly so I can clean it up really quick, so the man in the restaurant won't scream at me"? Oh how my heart just ached for that precious little one when she said that, thinking of all the things I still don't know that may have happened, to cause such fear. Oh what a blessing to know that she is finally safe now and that no one for as long as we live will ever harm her and of course the Lord watches over my little girl!!!