Home for a Week

One week under my belt and it has been going pretty good. My time to blog is so limited and I have so much more to share from the trip on Together Forever I don’t want to beak the flow with a home post so I am coming back over here. It stared off a bit rocky but when I got out the update I received on Gotcha-day Zhao Jing Chu Orphanage Schedule to the hour and following it! She doing much better and by day 3 was sleeping through the night in her own bed. But Mamma’s bed is much better. But she rolled off so we now have to sleep in the crib. We have had many first and it has been great to have Lau Lau and Pop Pop around to help out. They are staying at the Ridge Tahoe and there is a great little playground across the street. She love the slide. Cousin David, my sister Linda and Tom arrived yesterday and David helped Annalise down the slide at home. She even walked on the grass for him big progress from coiling up like a snake when she would get close to it. Eating has changed since we got home. We are no longer at a breakfast buffet. She was refusing everything even her conchee and this girl can down a bowl of conchee like no tomorrow. I knew she must be getting huger. (Can you say over stimulated). So I grabbed her face (gently of cource) and opened her mouth and put it a spoon full of conchee and she looked at me like “wow” you know how to do that "too". Since then she has been eating much better for me and knows it is not always a choice. She will try and makes the worce faces on new tasts. She has gone from only wanting to feed herself t Mama feeding every spoon full. I don't mind right now. We had a bit of fun with our yogurt too she does not like to get her hands dirty or her face for that matter. Note the other hand it is out of the way and completely clean. She is very busy and I have had batten down the catches even more on the child proofing. She loves her swing but is terrified of grass and anything prickery looking like a kooshball. The kooshball works great as a child gate when it is in the hall she will not go down there. What an an amazing little girl so full of life and happiness. Everyday is like the best day of her life. So many more good times to come.