Phat Cat

11/26/08

A year ago tomorrow Beth called me to tell me that Jocelyn had given birth and Byron and Shelley were on their way to pick Jocelyn and the baby up to take them to the hospital. She told me to get bottles and things ready for the baby. A couple of hours later Shelley came over with a small little bundle. Annie weighed in at 5lbs 8oz. Shelley passed Annie off to me to be bathed and given a bottle. Annie started sucking from the bottle right away which made us all excited but later on decided she didn't like it so the rest of the day she was fed by a dropper.
Annie lived with me in the apartment for 2 months before Tara and Tina came to Haiti and Annie then moved in with the Livesays.
I LOVED having Annie and became attached real quick! I was able to see Annie a couple of times between Jan and May when I left Haiti and it was fun to see how she had grown! Here are some pictures from Tara's blog from Annie's birthday celebration!

Ali Cat

Miss Allissanne is going home to New Mexico with her adoptive family this week!

Sam I Am

Link

This is an update from my friend Ari's blog. She wrote about the school that just collapsed in Haiti.
http://ari-haitilife.blogspot.com/

Good Memories...Hard Goodbyes

Emily and I at camp this morning
Emily's baby girl
Joyce and Molly surprised everyone and flew in from Haiti for the weekend. It was so great to see them even if just for a short while. It definitely made the goodbyes at the end of the day even harder.
Ivy and Adeline
Lovely
Jiovenda-she and her two sisters have only been home from Haiti for 1 week! I'm not sure if Jiovenda actually remembers me from GLA or not but she seemed pretty content to sit with me and loved the fact that I could speak creole with her. It was cute.

I am so ready to go back to Haiti but I am blessed to have such a great "Haiti connection" in Michigan!