New things

We had a good night last night…except for the crappy dinner Mama gave Miriam.  I tried to fix a chicken and rice meal…yuck.  Then I made some cream of wheat…she wouldn’t even try it.  So, I pulled out her favorite snack…the ever nutritious and delicious…Slim Jim.  Miriam had Slim Jims, peanuts and chocolate from trail mix, and a granola bar.  Who knows what she was thinking!  Today we are going to do better.  We signed up for lunch at the hotel and are going to go out for dinner.  After eating, she brushed her teeth with Papa and put on her PJ’s.  We read and played Ipad.  When we told her it was time to go lala (sleep), she laid down and closed her eyes and went to sleep.  We only have one bed in our room, so she slept between us.  Miriam moves around A LOT while she sleeps.  We were a little battered and bruised this morning, but glad that she slept all night long.  This morning she had a good breakfast…peanut butter toast, bacon, and apple.  She jumped rope for a while, and then we walked to the market to buy some water and bananas.  Now she is outside playing with some of the other children who are here at the hotel.

Some of the things we are learning about Miriam:

Miriam loves anything with peanuts.

Reading books is one of her favorite things to do. She grabs them every time we are in the room…Do you know how much I love this?!?

So far, Miriam is very quiet.  She tells me kosuba when she has to go potty, but besides that she doesn’t talk much. We have gotten some smiles out of her though.

Miriam is also pretty compliant at this point, although she did tell us no when it was time to go to bed.  She seems to be up for trying new things and having new experiences.