We went to the pediatrician yesterday for Meighan's "6-month well-baby checkup". The office was confused since she's 21 months old. I always have to explain the adoption thing. Meighan has always hated having her face/head touched so the doctor looking in her ears was not pleasant. Also, she didn't particularly like him listening to her lungs, heart and tummy, and the vaccinations even less! She had quite a few vaccinations while in China so she only has to continue where she left off. I wasn't going to "start over."
Last night she reached another milestone of trust. Tony took her outside to play on the swingset and slide. I was working in the kitchen and he knocked on the window and told me to come watch. Meighan climbed up the slide ladder by herself (which she has been able to do for a while now) and got all set and Tony was at the bottom of the slide and coaxed her a bit and she slid down the slide ALL BY HERSELF! I had no words for the moment -- I was so happy!
She's also a little helper when it comes to emptying the dishwasher. She likes to pull the silverware out and hand it to me to put away. That's all I let her do right now (I pull any dangerous things out before she starts). It's really cool how she is learning so much and so much of it is copying us! Wow! What a responsibility!
We are getting ready to re-adopt her in Nebraska so we can get a birth certificate for her. We've spoken to a lawyer and he expects the hearing to be sometime in November, which is cool because November is National Adoption Month. This is another reason we had to go to the doctor so he could fill out a form for the Nebraska Children's Home who is doing our 6-month update report for China and sending the paperwork to the lawyer.
Well, Tony is planning to be racing on Sunday assuming it's not raining, so Meighan and I and my mom and maybe dad are going to the Omaha Chinese Cultural Association's Full Moon Festival in the afternoon. Hopefully we'll learn some more about that Chinese holiday. They have a LOT of holidays in China, the biggest and most important of which is the Chinese New Year in January or February, depending on the moon.
Last night she reached another milestone of trust. Tony took her outside to play on the swingset and slide. I was working in the kitchen and he knocked on the window and told me to come watch. Meighan climbed up the slide ladder by herself (which she has been able to do for a while now) and got all set and Tony was at the bottom of the slide and coaxed her a bit and she slid down the slide ALL BY HERSELF! I had no words for the moment -- I was so happy!
She's also a little helper when it comes to emptying the dishwasher. She likes to pull the silverware out and hand it to me to put away. That's all I let her do right now (I pull any dangerous things out before she starts). It's really cool how she is learning so much and so much of it is copying us! Wow! What a responsibility!
We are getting ready to re-adopt her in Nebraska so we can get a birth certificate for her. We've spoken to a lawyer and he expects the hearing to be sometime in November, which is cool because November is National Adoption Month. This is another reason we had to go to the doctor so he could fill out a form for the Nebraska Children's Home who is doing our 6-month update report for China and sending the paperwork to the lawyer.
Well, Tony is planning to be racing on Sunday assuming it's not raining, so Meighan and I and my mom and maybe dad are going to the Omaha Chinese Cultural Association's Full Moon Festival in the afternoon. Hopefully we'll learn some more about that Chinese holiday. They have a LOT of holidays in China, the biggest and most important of which is the Chinese New Year in January or February, depending on the moon.
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it's amazing to look at her pictures now right next to her referral picture. What a transformation. Praise God. It is so obvious how loved she is!
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