Sive and Lindokuhle

At 28 kids we thought we had reached capacity. We had one extra crib and decided that we could only take in one more little baby. We have had to turn away many little kids over the last few months because we just don’t have the resources or the room. Until today. Sive and Lindokuhle were brought by the police this afternoon because they didn’t know where else they could take them. Usually the social workers call or the people at the clinic ask us if we have room and if they can refer people to us and we explain that we are full, but expanding in the near future and if someone had called and asked if they could place Sive and Lindo here we probably would have said the same thing. It turns out that they fit in beautifully and round out our number to a comfortable 30. We did only have one extra crib…until yesterday when Mickey (4) was put in a big boy bed, conveniently leaving 2 free cribs : ) Sive is 15 months old and a boy and chubby and beautiful and Lindokuhle is just under 2 months old and a girl and makes Anesipho (who is just over 3 months old and was premature and is itty bitty) look like a freaking giant. It has been crazy since they arrived, moving around beds and picking out clothes for them and what not but they are both now fed and bathed and safe and happy and I am SO excited that they are here. Now we really are at capacity and happily so : )

kb

p.s. Tally (the new volunteer) is awesomer (yes it's a word) at taking pictures than I am and is going to try and upload some in East London tomorrow, so I will let you know if/when they are up and where you can find them! Otherwise I am going to try and upload some onto this blog tomorrow night. Big deal, big deal.