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Good morning!  (I think)  Well, it is for us over here.  It's around 4:30am here, and I'm beginning my usual wait for Rammy to wake up at 6.  It's interesting that I say usual because this is only the second day he wakes up in our care.  It just feels like we've had him forever.  God has embedded this child in my heart - I prayed he would prepare Rammy's heart for us and ours for him, but I never imagined it could have felt like this.  Beautiful... precious .... what an amazing God!

Please take time to check out Gentle Hands Facebook - there are amazing pictures of our first meeting with Rammy - but really to me, it was a family reunion.  God knew in the beginning and made us family & on March 7th, we were reunited!  Tracey who is Charity's sister-in-law has an incredible gift for photography; I don't know if she has studied it or just has the gift - either way, I'm so grateful.  The pictures are incredible and truly capture the moment.  That precious and Glorious moment.  It's so neat to see how God's perfect plan designs families and puts them together for his glory - Charity's parents and their ministry, Charity's ministry at Gentle Hands, and Tracey marries into all of that?  Amazing!

http://www.facebook.com/gentlehandsinc  If you click on Rammy finally goes home, you'll see around 60 photos of our time together at Gentle Hands.

We had a wonderful time at the pool yesterday.  Rammy is part fish for sure (just as Brittany said!).  We found these beautiful flowers blowing off some trees in the pool area that have a beautiful fragrance and are white with pink edges and yellow center - I can't remember the name but will find out before we leave.   I gave one to Rammy & he played with it until . . . well it was no more.  So I got out of the water and went in search of more.  The gentle breeze provided more... I returned to Rammy with handfuls.  He was thrilled.  He threw them in the air and then would go collect them all from the water and clung to them so tightly.  It was like he was celebrating having a family . . . throwing these beautiful flowers in the air.

He loved his french fries for lunch although he was almost too tired to eat.  We hit the mall last night for bibs and  a carousel ride.  He loved it - I know that the mommies at Gentle Hands make every effort to socialize the children and get them out & it is clear.  Familiar with a carousel?  How many orphans do you know who are?  Such a special home, Gentle Hands.  Please consider supporting them if you aren't sure what risk to take for an orphan - you won't regret it.  He also loved his spaghetti from McDonald's!  Yes, McDonald's serves spaghetti, rice and fried chicken over here along with Big Macs and double cheeseburgers and fries!  So, it's official!  My son is a mall rat!  ;-)  We played in the Toys R Us for a long time - he loves stuffed animals!  They would fall off the display & he would say "uh-oh!"  "Uh-oh!"  He also enjoyed legos at a "Build It" store.  He seemed to really respond to the sights and sounds of the mall which is a really good sign.  We tried to make it as interactive as possible with us for him.

We have lots of pool photos, etc.  I will post when we can turn the lights on in our room.  ;-)   Sleeping babe you know!

God bless.