Let me just give you some updates:
We stand in awe of all her progress in talking! She is talking more and more English each day and it is just amazing. Tonight I sneezed and she was the first one to say "bless you!" to me! :) It is always eye opening when your kid is starting to talk... no matter what age... it is really showing on how YOU talk and what YOU say the most... because those are the things they learn to say first.
We stand in awe of all her progress in sleeping. She goes to sleep on her own. She sleeps WELL through the night. Wakes up in the morning in a good mood and takes one nap every day! She loves her sleep (just like her mama).
We stand in awe of her progress of tackling new things! So many years I was so UPSET about all of her firsts that we were missing out on! I was sad that there was so much of her life story that we would not know about and miss.... but in the last 3 months we have been able to be a part of so many of her firsts it has been such a blessing. Her first time bowling. First time in a pool. First time boating. First time swimming in a lake. First time camping. First time celebrating her birthday with cake and presents. First time seeing fireworks. First time eating out in a restaurant. First time seeing a movie in a theater. First time eating many different foods. First time watching baseball. First time playing with toys. First time at a library. First time seeing the trash man. First time riding a bike.... I can go on and on and on and on.... and we still have SO many firsts we get to be a part of (like first time playing soccer on a team. First Halloween...) What a blessing! The awesome thing is that she tackles each scary first.... with such fervor it is amazing! She took on my entire family, fireworks, camping, boating, jumping in an open lake, and sharing her bed/bedroom all in one week!
Every time we ride in the car B will sing (not really the right words) with the radio. She loves singing so much!
When we go shopping we hear: "Oh Wow! I like that!" a million times.
She HAS STARTED TO PLAY!!!!! She plays a lot with The Bash, but also has played by herself in her room. This concept has taken forever.
She went to VBS and was awesome! She sang, danced, played... she was a superstar!
She LOVES books. Love reading me reading books to hear, and her 'reading' books to herself!
She still loves to help, clean, and organize. She loves school (we do learning books at home). She loves to eat pepperoni, eggs, all meat, pizza, and most fruits and vegetables. She loves going to watch The Bash play baseball. She loves water: swimming, sprinkler, slip n' slide, trampoline jumping with the sprinkler...
All in all we are so blessed with all her progress, her attachment to us and our family and our friends, AND her adjustment to being here. We can only thank God for His work in all our hearts! Thank you so much for your prayers along this journey, because we KNOW that is why we are sitting where we are right now!
The Bash is really adjusting to big brother life like a champ. They pick on each other like brother and sister, but they really do play together a lot as well. They egg each other on in good ways and bad. The Bash is loving to her in a way that I stand in amazement too. You cannot teach someone to love the way he does. HE is amazing as well..... How did we get so lucky to have such amazing children?
Prayer Requests For Us:
-That transition back to school goes well: B going to nanny and The Bash starting 1st grade and mom starting a new school year.
-That B continues to grow and make gains
Some Pictures in case you aren't following me on Instagram or facebook much! :)
