Well we're in week 7- almost to the 2 month mark of having Halle and as Dave and I reflected on this tiring and yet rewarding experience, we realized so much progress has been made. It took Halle over 2 weeks before she wouldn't cry or scream at seeing our cats. Now she tries to kiss them and pets them and torments them mercilessly. The first week back at home she refused to have Dave hold her or be near her (unless a cat was chasing her) and now he can pick her up just about any time and when we visit his class she says "hi baba!" tonight she needed help opening something and she looked at me and said "please". Last week if I would've asked her to put away her dirty clothes, she'd say "no", I'd say "yes", she'd throw herself on the ground and start screaming. Today I said "put away your dirty clothes". She said "no", I said "yes", and she sulkily took it to her room and put them away and then came out all chipper. She can recognize yellow, blue, and green in english. She even says "this is yellow" and "this way" when leading the way out of the house. Even her hair has grown so much in these 7 weeks. Today I got out the dress up box and boy did she enjoy that! I'm sure our neighbors loved the 1 hour of high heels clicking back and forth across the floor! There are so many other things I'm sure! When I'm not writing it's usually because we're exhausted from all the change, so when I do sit down to write it's only a vague representation of what life is really like here in our crazy home ;) All in all, God knew what He was doing. He picked out just the right kiddo for us, although sometimes I must admit I think "God this is so tiring! 4 kids?! wow!" But He is faithful and for that I'm thankful! Attached are some random pics from this week.
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