D is a beautiful little girl! I quizzed the manager on her and her name does not mean greyish-brown baseness and worldliness :-) In her case the name is an Oromo word that she claims she gave her because she felt blessed and lucky to receive her and knew that the child was blessed and lucky to arrive. D is Oromo for "Blessed" or "Lucky." :-)
I held her and checked her out and she appeared to be very healthy to me. She is small, but not in an unhealthy way. I think she's just playing catch-up. I did not have a measuring tape with me, so no measurements, but she's wearing 3-6 month clothes, smiles readily, and there is no yellowing or paleness in her eyes or gums. I think she's a good one! I got pictures of her with the manager and J. She would not let me hold her once the camera came out :-) Oh, the manager and nannies were thrilled by your family book! The manager opened it immediately and called the nannies in for a look! Good move making it chewable ;-) I used a hug and kiss from you as a covert way of checking breath sounds. No problems there.
The orphanage was clean, tidy, lots of laundry hanging out, and all the nannies were friendly as can be. It's in one of the more impoverished sections of town and, being new, needs a lot still. She requested that I put the word out that they need practical items and food for kids aged 0-7. She was very intent about that. She also requested a camera. Still, I got the strong feeling that this woman would go without food herself before allowing the kids to do so. I was impressed.
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