Now I'll get to the Thank You's!

Got a little distracted yesterday, that parenting thing we are learning about!  Kind of changes your time schedules by the minute.  But we really wanted to say thank you to everyone who followed our journey.  We were able to read only a few of the comments in China because our access to read the blog was blocked!  Through my iphone I got to read some of the early posts, but then my phone was shut off by ATT for high roaming charges!  But we have read all of them now that we are home and we were able to relive some of the days of the trip again. It really means a lot to know that many people care for us and our new little girl. The advice is fantastic too, we are new at this afterall!  Thanks again to the Hunt Family for having a car pick us up at the airport too! He found us right away and we were home eating before we would have normally been to our car in the parking lot!  Thanks to the Biehl's for driving by and checking on our house while we were gone.  Anyone in need of a pet sitter in Columbus, I can put you in contact with Laura Ludlow and her service.  We've used it a couple times and the pets have been well cared for!  Our two cats are still getting used to Lainey! And she is very interested in them, doubt she's ever seen a cat!  All our families have been great, we'll get to see you in person somehow.  We're taking things slow right now to make sure Laine gets adjusted and attached to us.  Remember it's all a strange world to her now.  She doesn't see anything, smell anything, hear anything, or taste anything she is used too.  Her mind must be going around and around and soaking up so many new things.  We noticed even in China after a couple days with us and strange voices and langauge she would smile at store workers who spoke her native langauge.  So we have to be cautious right now to not overload her too much.  Plus I don't have much vacation time left, so it will have to be some quick trips!   In the near future we have an adoption clinic appointment for her on Friday.  Children's Hospital here in town has a special clinic to see the kids very soon after they arrive home to get checked out head to toe.  She'll get a lot a prodding  then that will not make her happy, but we need to find out all we can about any problems she may have.  We don't see any right away other than development of motor control skills like sitting and standing.  She is getting stronger each day with that.  She is almost rolling over to her belly. Just can't kick over that last leg.  She will sit without being propped up too for several minutes and catches herself when falling to a side. When we pick her up under the arms and stand her on her feet she pushes back now.  In the beginning she would fold her legs right away, no strength there at all.  Now she kicks strongly with her legs in the crib, having fun making the noise!  We'll probably keep the blog going to some extent to show how she grows.  I'm sure Christina will post some thank you's too, she is sleeping with Laine right now! The first order of business will be to get out some Christmas/Birth Announcement cards of some type.  We waited to do the cards since we knew this was the big topic people wanted to hear about so we'll try to get that accomplished before I head back to work next week!  I better run now, thanks again to all for being a part of our journey!

Love Scott, Christina and Laine