Carington is usually hard to get to sleep at night but once she is asleep she sleeps all night. Last night however, she woke up around 1:30 and played till after 3. She would roll over to me and pat me and giggle and try to get me to play. After a few minutes she’d give up on me and roll over to Greg and do the same thing. She went back and forth between us for almost 2 hours.

This morning we got up at 5 AM (4AM Rwanda time) to be at our medicals at 7 AM. Things went fairly well and we left there just after 1PM. 6 hours is actually not bad from what we have heard. The older kids will have to get theirs done on Wednesday. Carington did have to get 6 shots and they did them one at a time. It was so sad. I cried right along with her. This afternoon she has been very fussy probably due to the shots.

Today we were given Carington’s records from the orphanage. We knew that she was premature and in the NICU for her first month of life but we had no idea how small she was. The first measurement the orphanage took was on Feb. 1^st. She was 1 ½ months old at the time and had been at the orphanage for 3 weeks. She weighed 4.4 lbs. and was 17 inches long!!! I couldn’t believe it. This little girl is a miracle. I can’t imagine any baby being sent home from a hospital at her size much less being sent to an orphanage. God has really taken care of her and sent people to give her the care and attention that she needed to survive. Our POA will return to the hospital when she is able to get the rest of her records so we can find out how premature she was and what she weighed. We are so thankful to God for taking care of her. We believe even more strongly that His hand has been on her and that He has great plans for her life.