We made it to the beach! 🏝️

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 On Tuesday we left Westville area and drove to the coast to our next Airbnb in Umhlanga. What a literal breath of fresh air! ☀️ Our new place is right on the beach, with a shared pool and a wonderful boardwalk/promenade along the beach we can walk. We weren’t sure about the safety of walking the streets at our Airbnb in Westville so this has been so nice to be able to go outside and walk! We are loving it here. The kids especially love the beach. So great to have things to do right outside our door! 







We will be here until early December, but will just move units and stay in the same building. We weren’t sure what we were going to book after this but we’re feeling very at home here and love the location. 

This week has had some good days and some really hard days. It’s been a lot of change for Maya. We have to remember she has only really known us for 2 weeks. In that span of time she has left the baby home, drove in a van, slept in a pack n play, stayed with us in Westville, is learning we’re her family & caretakers, and now has moved locations again to Umhlanga. It’s a lot to process for a little one who has only ever known the inside of the baby home. 

Food has also been a big challenge for us right now. At the baby home she was very picky and usually ate jar food plus her snacks. We are finding meal time to be a challenge as we try to introduce new foods to her. This will all take time to adjust but we are already having little “wins” throughout the day! Like today at lunch she tried scrambled eggs and ate quite a bit of them! But when she doesn’t like something she will definitely let us know. She is stubborn! Haha 🤣 

We are still waiting for our adoption order to go through. Today marks one week since we went to court and Maya legally became our daughter. 💞 We’re hoping we have it by the weekend so we can get going on the paperwork and waiting period. 

We thank you for all your prayers and support 💞 we sure do love and miss our community back home!


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