Namaste! Day 3

Namaste! Today was our 3rd visit to the orphanage. We started the day by moving to a different hotel - The Shanker Hotel. There are lots of American families here. Many who are trekking and two others who are adopting. One is adopting from our same orphanage, so that will be fun once we get the babies that they will be able to play. When we got to the orphanage, Millie didn't cry at all. (Yesterday it took her a few minutes to warm up, but she did well once she got used to us). We were able to hold her right away today, although I'm sure that a little bribery with a piece of toast that I had brought from breakfast didn't hurt. The other lady brought several bags of cheese balls and I literally think Millie ate an entire bag. She couldn't put them in her mouth fast enough. She would take turns walking from Rusty to me and letting us give her cheese balls, too. She is really warming up fast. Right before we left I started playing "Ride a Little Horsey, Don't Fall Down" with her and got a huge grin. We kept playing that and she kept smiling and looking around to make sure that everyone in the room was watching her. Then I started tickling her under the chin and got a full-blown belly laugh. We were really sad to leave her today. I think we are going to have to wait until Thursday for her to come to our hotel with us...they are expecting a nation-wide strike tomorrow so everything will be shut down. (I think that is fairly common, the government is really unstable and people are protesting). Now we just can't wait for Grant and Sam to meet Millie. She is going to love them! We will touch base in a few days! Ellen and Rusty