Today was the first Sunday with our new foster-daughters. They have never been to church before in their lives, so we were interested (and a bit nervous) to see how they would do.
We took them to our first service and kept them with us the entire service. There were two red roses on the Piano in honor of them - that was VERY sweet. The girls loved the music, and did quite an amazing job of keeping quiet and occupied for a 3 yr. old and 1 yr. old. Afterward, Christi took them both to the Nursery. They were a bit nervous so it took some time before Christi could leave them there alone. But she did.
After Sunday School I had a student leader's meeting. Christi forgot I had that meeting and brought our girls into the FLC (family life center - which has a full-size gym as well) to play. She was waiting for me. About 1/2 way through she remembered I had the meeting, but decided that since the girls were having fun to just wait for my meeting to be over.
One quick background bit if information for the end of this story to make sense. M.K. - the 1 year old - is a very opinionated little girl and likes what she likes and wants what she wants. If she doesn't get her way, she throws a temper tantrum. Well, most of the time, she does NOT want me - to pick her up, to be near her, nothing. Sometimes she is just fine, but most of the time she wants the female presence. Although I have had some endearing moments, like teaching her in the car how to blow kisses, and she will often blow me kisses if I blow them to her first.
Well, I walked out of the Student Leader meeting and Christi and the girls were sitting on the floor of the gym right nearby. When M.K saw me, she stood up, held her arms up in the air and said, "daddy!" My heart just melt. Christi's jaw dropped and she asked, "did you hear what she just said?" I had... and it was wonderful. I'm waiting to hear those words again, but at least they were said once.... so I feel like I am making progress.
Man do I love these two little girls. They are precious (although M.K. can be a bit of a brat at times to be honest - but aren't all kids that way at some point in time???).
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