Today was a day of laughing at each other all day.
She is so cooperative with us its amazing. We wash her all the time, giver her vitamins, cream on her face. She never complains. She loves all the smelly soaps and creams we have.. She is a girly girl.
She is a pro at taking a bath and learns everything so fast. It's amazing to watch. She loves to be clean and can take baths and brush her teeth all day. She puts things away and is very organized about her stuff.. even more than me. I am sure you guys who know me well are laughing aloud right now.
She likes to go to bed at 7:00 pm and wake up at 9:00 am. She sleeps like a log and we are basically laying next to her watching her sleep. When we pray she laughs.. She kisses us all the time.. I love it. We sing songs, read and say good night in her language and she covers her head with her sheet and she is off to bed. This is the easiest kid yet... I hope it lasts.. I hope Neha and Jacob don't influence her the wrong way.
All day today she has been talking to us and we have no idea what she says most of the time. We nod our head and remain attentive. We had a funny incident today when she was asking me to go to the toilet a different way at the restaurant and I had no idea until she showed me with motions. Quite a laugh this was with all her hand motions; it is going to be fun. I hope she doesn't get too frustrated with all our hand motions and signals as well. Of course I am over feeding her and the good Doctor is telling me to slow down. She laughs at us fussing over her. She thinks we are either crazy or funny.
We took her to a gallery across the street and she told us stories and stories about some of the paintings. We are hoping to go to the gallery near the embassy tomorrow morning and see if she likes any of the paintings there and bring some home. We went to the market near our house today and her eyes were so amazed at everything in her own country. She tried on everything and kept saying "WOW". She was amazed at the traditional dress, beads, crosses, etc.. So of course I bought everything she liked. I couldn't resist to bring some things home that reminded her of her country.
We skyped today with Neha, Jacob and the family and she loved that. She tells everyone, the driver, the guard, etc.. that she is going to America. She is so excited. I wish I could get inside her head to see what she is thinking.
She definitely fits in our family with all her funny faces and silliness. We are so amazed by her willingness to be with us. I love watching her interact with Kelvin. They have hit it off so well. We will be walking along and she will attack him to tickle him. It is so amazing to see her happy.
We are thanking God each moment as He has gone before us and done the work needed to make this transition go so well for our family. God is Good, All The Time!!!
Love, Elizabeth
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She is so cooperative with us its amazing. We wash her all the time, giver her vitamins, cream on her face. She never complains. She loves all the smelly soaps and creams we have.. She is a girly girl.
She is a pro at taking a bath and learns everything so fast. It's amazing to watch. She loves to be clean and can take baths and brush her teeth all day. She puts things away and is very organized about her stuff.. even more than me. I am sure you guys who know me well are laughing aloud right now.
She likes to go to bed at 7:00 pm and wake up at 9:00 am. She sleeps like a log and we are basically laying next to her watching her sleep. When we pray she laughs.. She kisses us all the time.. I love it. We sing songs, read and say good night in her language and she covers her head with her sheet and she is off to bed. This is the easiest kid yet... I hope it lasts.. I hope Neha and Jacob don't influence her the wrong way.
All day today she has been talking to us and we have no idea what she says most of the time. We nod our head and remain attentive. We had a funny incident today when she was asking me to go to the toilet a different way at the restaurant and I had no idea until she showed me with motions. Quite a laugh this was with all her hand motions; it is going to be fun. I hope she doesn't get too frustrated with all our hand motions and signals as well. Of course I am over feeding her and the good Doctor is telling me to slow down. She laughs at us fussing over her. She thinks we are either crazy or funny.
We took her to a gallery across the street and she told us stories and stories about some of the paintings. We are hoping to go to the gallery near the embassy tomorrow morning and see if she likes any of the paintings there and bring some home. We went to the market near our house today and her eyes were so amazed at everything in her own country. She tried on everything and kept saying "WOW". She was amazed at the traditional dress, beads, crosses, etc.. So of course I bought everything she liked. I couldn't resist to bring some things home that reminded her of her country.
We skyped today with Neha, Jacob and the family and she loved that. She tells everyone, the driver, the guard, etc.. that she is going to America. She is so excited. I wish I could get inside her head to see what she is thinking.
She definitely fits in our family with all her funny faces and silliness. We are so amazed by her willingness to be with us. I love watching her interact with Kelvin. They have hit it off so well. We will be walking along and she will attack him to tickle him. It is so amazing to see her happy.
We are thanking God each moment as He has gone before us and done the work needed to make this transition go so well for our family. God is Good, All The Time!!!
Love, Elizabeth
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