The Auldridges

As mentioned in the last post, we had a little visitor the other night.

For around a year now, Shari has been involved in the Youth For Christ young mothers mentoring program. She has had the opportunity to mentor a young girl who was, when they met, pregant and has now had the baby. The baby’s name is Haley and she is 4 months old now. Here’s a picture:

Unfortunately, Haley has been under the weather for a few weeks, and has not been sleeping well. This left her mother very tired and worn out. So she called and asked if we’d keep her overnight so she could get a solid night of sleep to re-energize. As is now obvious, we obliged.

And she did very well with us. There was some crying, mostly from being tired and missing her mom. But we got her settled and she slept the whole night for us. A surprise to her mom, of course. But you know how kids are–they always push mom and dad harder than anyone else.

Anyway, we had a good time with her. We don’t often have a little girl around here, especially at that age. It was a good reminder for me, though, as to why we requested a 2-4 year old in our adoption process. I will, of course, be willing to take whatever age we can get, but I wouldn’t mind skipping some of the infant stuff!

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