Can I keep her?

I'm in trouble. I was here for less than a week before i felt the first flush of new love.

Her name is Rosie, and she is 10 months old. She will turn 1 on 14 November. I don't know why i am so drawn to her - the other volunteers think i'm mad, she's a ratbag. she won't sit still for more than 30 seconds and she terrorises all the other children! i call her my little monkey because she looooves to climb. i think she really wants to walk. i have started to teach her. fingers crossed we will get her there by her 1st birthday!!! i taught her how to high-five too. when she does the high five she has the CUTEST little grin.

i've got the love bug bad though. i have dreams about her...in my sleep i can feel her little hands (claws!!) grabbing my arms and legs, and i can hear her blowing raspberries!! i get pangs of jealousy when someone else is holding her - and i even recognise her crying from another room!! what is the matter with me?!?!

in other news, jacob (the new little man who was so world-weary just last week) is doing really well. he's smiling heaps now, and eating really well. he gets on with the other children and even musters up a little chuckle when he gets zoomed around like superman :-D

today is my day off so i'm back in town to check email and buy some supplies (we had no power or water for 2 days - so i need a gas cooker and bottled water!). i'll attempt to load a photo of my little monkey, but who knows if this technophobe will be able to work it out... 1.5 hours later- still waiting for the photo to upload- i think i must resign myself to failure :-(