Friday, March 16, 2007

Steve's Visit Thursday & Friday

Wednesday night went very well for both Steve and Mia with only one time up during the night for a bottle. Daddy was actually catching up on his sleep while he was in Guatemala! Steve got up early to get a shower before Mia woke up. But Mia stirred almost immediately and ruined that great plan. So Steve tested out what Zoila had said and took Mia to the shower with him! She really did love it much to the disbelief of her father. The rest of the day was spent by the pool with friends that Mia and daddy had made. The weather was beautiful and the company was great! After a rather enjoyable and uneventful dinner Mia started to get a little fussy. It was getting late and daddy just thought it was close to bedtime. But Mia had other plans! Her belly wasn't hard, she wasn't feverish, she was tired but didn't want to sleep, no hands in the mouth or slobber, Mia had daddy perplexed! After more than an hour of fussiness, Steve finally in sheer desperation stuck a finger in Mia's mouth! Mia quickly started gumming on her daddy's finger, gumming with so much force that her jaw would click! Yuck! Dad went straight to the Ibuprofen and by about 10:30 PM Mia had her last bottle and was down for the night. Daddy then had to tiptoe around to get things ready for Friday. It would be the end of his visit and Mia would have to go back to Foster Mom Zoila.
Friday morning came too fast for Daddy, but Mia was able to sleep in for a while and didn't get up until a little after 8 AM. So that meant she got a bath and she hated it! Daddy dressed Mia in a beautiful blue and white dress that Mommy had packed specifically for Friday. Mia truly looked the part of Daddy's little princess. Everyone thought that she was just a doll. At 11 AM a driver came to take Mia and her daddy back to the lawyer's office. Evelyn, the driver, couldn't believe how beautiful Mia was and how calm she was with her daddy. When they got to the office no one could believe it either! When Zoila saw Mia, she was so excited. She had enjoyed her little break, but it was quite evident that she missed Mia a lot. When Zoila put out her hands for Mia to come to her, Mia would smile and then bury her head in her daddy's chest. Nothing could have made Steve more proud. Mia did willingly go to Zoila and Zoila and Steve had a really nice time talking through the interpreters and passing Mia back and forth and loving all over her. Zoila repeated over and over how glad she was that Mia was going to have such a great family while Steve reinforced how thankful we are for Zoila and her family for all that they are doing for us. Much to soon, Steve had to leave and go back to the hotel so he could make his flight back to the States. He hated to leave, but really felt good about the visit. Steve was able to spend some quality time with his little girl and things had gone really well.
Steve made it into Detroit at a little after 10:30 PM that night. He was glad to be home to Amy and Ethan but it was hard not to have Mia there as well. Her smile is infectious and Mia definitely holds her Daddy's heart even tighter than she did before. We all hope and pray that everything keeps moving and we soon get the news that we are waiting for. In the mean time we will keep praying and keep Mia in our hearts!

1 comment:

LouLou said...

Hey guys. I didn't get to see Mia on Friday, but I loved that outfit she had on Thursday. That dress was beautiful. Where does Amy shop???