Today we took Raina into town to do a spot of shopping. Where-as once our shopping list would be a selection of items for ourselves; todays list was totally Raina-centric:
Pull up's (Raina)
Swimming nappies (Raina)
Sun hat (for Raina)
Sun glasses (for Raina)
Swimming costume (for Raina)
Sandals (for Raina)
It was a succesful trip. To buy the sandals, a lady in a well-known department store (with a well-known shoe outlet in it) asked us what size Raina's shows were. We said we didn't know and picked her current shoes up and had to read the label (bad parent alert). Turns out she is 7.5 and the width is G (this is like a new language to us) This meant nothing to us, but the lady says "her feet are quite broad aren't they?"......ummmmm "yes" (if you say so). We asked her how long she thought the new sandals would last her. She replied by asking us how long ago we had bought her the shoes.....silence. Mummy Ruth (lies) convicingly and takes a stab in the dark and says 4 months. I gauged her response and by her facial expressions she seemed to buy it. She then asks us "did she have a growth spurt just before you bought them?".....silence. We both say "yes". Phew....I think we got away with it.
The thing we are realising about becoming a family through adoption is that there are these funny moments; odd places; minor details that you just don't know and have no answers for. Then again, I think that also; like all parents, we just have to make it up as we go along.
Hannah and Ruth
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