It's SOOOOOO Good To Be Home!!!!

Our house all decorated to welcome us home
Aunt Marcia and Grandma meeting us at the airport with balloons
Grandma is CRAZY about her new granddaughter

At Grandma's House

All dressed up for church!!

We've been home almost a week now and it is so very nice to be home. There really is "no place like home". Haylie is doing GREAT!! She is such a good and happy baby, we are so blessed to have her. I thank God everyday for this wonderful blessing he has given us. It is just like she has always been a part of the family. She just fits right in and has pretty much settled down into a semblance of a routine. She sleeps 10-12 hours at night. She's now eating really well, still only baby food and yogurt, and still nothing with any texture, but it looks likes she's already filling out in her cheeks and legs. She knows her name, and her "mama" and "dada" as she calls us. She has already learned a few English words like "uh oh" and "byebye".

We made our first trip to church on Sunday, and she was a big hit. She behaved really well too and was quiet during the entire service--she did however throw several of her toys 2-3 pews ahead of her, hitting some nice men and ladies. They were really understanding of it though!!

We went and spent the weekend with my mom so she and my sisters could spend some time with her. My sister Lisa came up from Tennesee to meet her. There are some great pictures above of the weekend and our homecoming.

I'm really enjoying my time off from work, but the days sure fly by when you are off. I don't have to go back until the middle of March. Haylie has her first doctor's appointment tomorrow at the University of Kentucky International Adoption Clinic. It will be interesting to see how they think she is doing, since I think she is doing GREAT! They are also going to have her evaluated by an ocupational therapist to see where she is developmentally. She is almost trying to walk by herself. She now comes and gets us off the couch, grabs our fingers wanting to go walking. Her muscle tone has improved soooo much just since we got her, it is amazing and is now basically normal. I think she'll be running by herself soon!!