Midwives' Babies

Lately, the midwives' kids have been really warming up to me which is so fun! My relationships with the midwives have grown so much! I love being trusted with their sweet little babies! When Ate Grace and Ate Behl hand me their babies, they hurry out of the room so that I can hold them for longer! I love it! Even Maybell who is really wary of foreigners has started running to me, wanting to play with me and even allowing me to comfort her! I've never had to work this hard to get kids to accept me and befriend me, but it's totally worth it!

Maybell and I

We matched!

She was trying to cover her face so that we couldn't take a picture

All I need is a pink belt to go with mine and I'll be good to go!

Marielle also known as Bisay (a nickname she's had since birth which is a combination of the names of the provinces which her parents are from) has also started letting me hold her more. She loves sitting on my bunk bed, playing with my cell phone, looking through my books and looking at pictures on my camera. I still have to distract her sometimes for her to let me hold her without her mom around. Marielle has really changed, it's been so fun to watch her go from not wanting me to look at her to letting me hold her quite often.

Marielle on my bed

I was letting her look at my bible

she was ever so gently turning each page when all of a sudden....

opps! she tore a page completely out!!! luckily it was in the very front so no big deal. ha ha, I took it away from her after that!!!

The past few days I've also been getting Marielle to go to sleep on my shoulder, it's so fun!


This past sunday it was just Behl, Grace, me and their kids! It was so fun! While they were doing prenatals I could take the babies for them and carry them around with me. I love being a part of this beautiful birthing home family!