Julie and Dani are doing great. It’s crazy how quickly all of these kids have settled in. We always anticipate the worst and many sleepless nights, but so far everyone’s transition into the house has been fairly simple. 

On the first night Dani was more agitated. He was grunting, making lots of noise and rolling around. Lavender was yelling at him to be quiet because she was trying to sleep. The second night, as soon as the lights went off he was quiet and slept through the night. Dani is a good little eater, but you have to be fast. If you take too long to put the next bite in his mouth then he starts to cry. Other than that he is a happy little guy. His home did not have electricity and he loves the lights in the house and just looks at them and laughs. Dani is probably one of the most challenging kids that we have because he does not respond to his name or seem to understand what you are saying to him. I think that he was mostly left alone at his house so we are trying to get him used to being talked to and praying that he starts being more responsive. 

Julie is also a little bundle of joy. We took her to the doctor and got her on medication for her epilepsy.  The first two days julie fell down at least 10 times and had little mini seizures where her eyes rolled back in her head. After the first night of taking it she didn’t fall down once the next day. She started off as a good little sleeper, but after she takes her medicine she can’t stay awake for longer than ten minutes. She gets along great with the other kids. Julie doesn’t talk, but is very expressive with her hand motions. We are going to try to teach her a few signs so that she can better communicate her needs.