Myah's Second Week Home

Myah has really bonded with us! Mark went back to work and had to work alot of overtime this last week so Dayton and I really got to spend alot of time with her. We took her up to see my parents and go out on their new pontoon, she seemed to like it, I wasn't sure because she is just warming up to the bathtub and has freaked out when she sees a pool. She actually fell asleep on the lake! I feel so blessed to have her in our life. Our family feels so complete now and I really feel like I could not ask for more. We are so happy and are so glad to be settling in. We are enjoying just being a family right now. It has been such a long time coming so we are going through alot of adjusting but I think that in time this will all become routine to all of us. Mark and I celebrated our 13th anniversary last Monday and we just wanted to be with our kids. We don't get alot of time together as a family with work and sports and other committments and it was so nice to share our special day with them. Our doctor called the other day with all of Myah's test results and said that she is just wonderful. She also said that within 2 months if she hasn't started walking or crawling that we will get her into a physical therapist. We are working on strengthening her stomach muscles. I actually got her to giggle the other night. She is looking at us like we are familiar and we make her happy. She will squeal when she sees us. She likes to eat and gets really angry if you have food and she doesn't ! Today is her first 4th of July. She is a new US citizen and I can't imagine what her life would be like if we wouldn't have brought her here. We will never take our freedom for granted, especially after spending time in China where they have to ask permission to have a child, they have to retire early in order to give the young people a job, and where they have to sign in with their local officials in order to leave the town that they live in to visit another place. We have it so good here. I hope you all had a safe and happy holiday!