"I have a family for Christmas"

Courtesy of Amy H.

I can’t believe it has been 7 months already since we came home from china with Sarah. How fast the time goes by, how well she is doing and how big she is getting. She has just been talking up a storm lately. Just this past week she started to say “I love you” when I tuck her in bed rather then signing and yesterday as daddy was holding her she said “I love you” to him with this big smile on her face truly one of those so very special moments.

We had her 6 month follow up at the U of MN adoption clinic and it all went very well. She certainly is showing more and more of her very strong personality and is learning so fast. Her latest fascination is with numbers. We count with fingers and when walking down the stairs and she is so proud of herself when she can manage to keep her fingers down to make a two :-)

Every day is a new adventure and we are so proud to be her parents!

Once again so much happening in our home our lives. We are moving leaving the Twin Cities area and moving into Waupaca County in WI in only 2 weeks from now. So much to do, get the house ready to put on the market, pack everything up, new schools for the boys new daycare for Sarah, new job for Mom new region to work in for Dad never a dull moment. Good thing we are not having any of the holiday gatherings schedule at our home this year ;-)

The kids are doing well with the move Sarah is to young to understand what’s going on, Sam is excited to be closer to his cousins and our Freshman lol…. teenagers just don't like to move.
Yesterday was my last day at work here then a break till December starting the new job. Not sure what will be more stressful the next two weeks packing and getting things wrapped up here or moving that first weekend in December and going back to work the following Monday.



Sarah is doing really well and I can see little things that keep pointing out that we are on the right path. We went from Mom to now she calls me mostly Mommy :-) and she is getting a bit more reluctant around new people, which is a good thing. She usually hangs on my hip for the first half hour after I get home before I can put her down to start supper; she likes that initial one on one when we first get home. At night time she has gotten to the point of telling me “night night” after our songs and book, which is great so I know that she is ready to turn in. She is such a smart little cookie just talking up a storm I am continuously amazed how much she changed these past 7 months and how far she has come in everything from speech to being a part of this family as if it was never any other way and we are so very very grateful for that.
Today is her last day at daycare she is quite the little helper so I am sure she will be fully engaged over the next two weeks packing. Hopefully all goes well we are all back and forth battling colds already this season.

We’ll be spending Thanksgiving at Grandmas this year and then we are all looking forward to an extended long Christmas weekend with Grandpa in the UP.. more to come later :-)