Gabriel has officially become a daycare kid. Unfortunately these days its nearly impossible for a parent to stay home from work to care for their children. Yesterday when Stacey went back to work Gabriel spent his first day at Nilou's Daycare. Nilou is a very sweet Persian woman who runs a daycare out of her home and has done so for 16 years. We were lucky enough to find her at the very last minute when Stacey's OB/Gyn gave us her number. Dr. Bony's daughter has been with Nilou since she was 2 months old, and she is now 3 years old. While it's hard to imagine anyone will take care of our baby as well as we want them to, and certainly not as well as we would ourselves, we feel like he is in good hands. According to Nilou, Gabriel's first day was as smooth as could be, and Stacey was able to stop crying much sooner than expected after dropping him off. It actually felt pretty good to rejoin the "real world," but by the end of the day she was about to burst from missing him so much!

Please keep us in your prayers as we gain confidence in Nilou and get used to letting someone else take care of our little baby. Most of all pray that he will be treated well and kept safe and loved.