Today marks one week since we have been home with Grace and it has been exciting to see her progress in that short of time.
Plane flight days, Thursday and somewhat Friday, she slept for most of the time. But as the week went on we saw more and more of her personality as she started to really play with her toys, and she started laughing.
Some of the things that make her laugh are mirrors/ her own reflection, and I know a few special things that are sure fire ways of making her laugh (kept top secret so no one steals them :-) )
She drinks lots of formula, and we have hopes that will help her catch up to her recommended spot on the growth chart soon (she went through a whole container yesterday!).
She is also starting to eat some of our food, cut up into small pieces. Her favorites are the little bites of chicken, beef or bison that we cut up and give to her. She can hold her own sippy cup now, and can feed herself the little toddler finger foods we give her.
Yesterday she had her first happy bath time where she didn't want to get out as soon as possible.
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It isn't all happy though, which proves I am a mom and not a friend, and I don't just get the fun parts.
We can have a good time together, but if Blake is around, she will scream and fuss till she get him. She has thrown temper tantrums with both of us, and another mom proof is that I have learned that the best thing to do when she is screaming and fussing and kicking is to let her lay on the ground in a safe place, and wait until she is calm enough for her sippy cup, and then comfort her.
We went to the doctor on Tuesday, and this girlie's life is going to involve a lot of doctors, at least for now. She was referred to four other doctors. Two are for the areas she is behind developmentally (because of her time in the orphanage) and two are for the medical needs that we knew she had when we accepted her.
Also, she always wakes up screaming, which is fun in the middle of the night.
A few pictures of Grace to close this blog.
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