Today was such a great day! A few friends and I went with our friend Annie to visit the orphanage where she has been teaching the children dance for her independent study project.  As soon as we got there, one of the women came over and gave her baby to us to hold. Knowing me, i immediately wanted to hold on to her and never let her go! Her name was Yaa and she was the cutest little thing ever! She was such a happy baby and loved being held by all of us.  I held her for a long time and as she was sitting on my lap, she reached over to grab the sachet water that i had bought earlier.  I gave it to her to drink because i wasnt going to finish it and she was clearly very thirsty.  As she drank it i started thinking, "uh oh, i hope she doesnt decide she has to go pee!" because she did not wear diapers, just underwear.  And sure enough, as i stood up holding her, my friend said , "Chelsea, is that water dripping from her?" I looked down and my skirt was all wet with pee. I just laughed and the women grabbed her away from me. I honestly expected it to happen and of course there was nothing the poor thing could do about it! I was just happy it was pee and not somethin else! The women were very sweet and cleaned my skirt and gave me something to wear while it dried. One of the women told me its very good luck and that it means my first born will be a girl! We will see how true that is come 10 years from now!! lol. After Yaa got cleaned up, the women showed us how to carry the babies on our backs which i was so excited for since it was something i had been wanting to do since i got here! Yaa and Kofi were like our little play dolls and got passed around to all of us to hold on our backs.  I held Kofi on my back. Its amazing how much they really love being held this way..its like a comfort thing.  When i took him off my back, he was so much happier than before when he was being held normally!  It was a lot of fun and really much easier to carry this way. I may even consider carrying my baby this way! Ha jk. We hung out here for a couple hours playing with the babies and watching the kids all dance. It was a really fun day and i was so happy i could go visit.

Meet Yaa..

 

 

 

Where it all began...She spotted my sachet water, so ofcourse i gave it to her, and the next thing i know she is peeing on me!

My new attire after the peeing incident!

This is Kofi, fortunately he wears diapers!

Attempting to balance a bowl on my head...

almost..

Its really difficult! I dont know how these women do it and with a baby on their back!

So much love!!

baby girl happily asleep on her mommy finally!