1 Month Ago Today..........

It has been one month since we laid our eyes on this funny little girl. She has melted our hearts ever since. Our transition continues to go smoothly. Not perfect, but smooth. We can't get enough of this cutie pie. I think we kiss her about 50,000 times a day. How can you not kiss that face?

We have had a very busy month. We have only been home for 3 weeks but it feels good now to finally be in a routine, to feel "normal" again. With all the doctor appointments and visits from family and friends we have still managed to do a few fun things too......

Not very flattering with the squinting but this is the first picture of the 5 of us together. We went to Sauchuk Farms to pick pumpkins, and find our way through a corn maze.

Gavin and Sophie being goofy, eating the corn.

So proud of the both of them. Not for eating the

corn (ha ha), but for embracing this adoption.

They both continue to amaze us too. Lily is

bonding to them as they are to her. She gets

extremely excited when Gavin and Sophie come

home from school. She yells and screams and

dances around. The kids have laughed so much

in these last 3 weeks. Music to my ears.

Lily finding the sandbox full of corn kernels amusing.

Kiss 49,999 for the day.

Sophie and Lily on the cow ride. I was nervous Lily wouldn't like it. She loved it. She continues to amaze us with her courage and ability to adapt to new situations so easily.

Silly goat.

Overwhelmed with the pumpkin choices. Needed some help with choosing just the right one.

We have been to see the plastic surgeon at Children's Hospital this week. Lily will be having her palate surgery in the next few weeks. Not sure the exact day yet, should know this week. Very nervous about this. We have made great strides in the past month, worried we will be taking steps backwards after the surgery. I know it needs to be done. Just worried for her. We will schedule her lip/nose reconstruction after she recovers and heals from the palate surgery. Maybe it will be done when she is 3 or 4. We will see how she handles the first surgery.

Yup, she's an American citizen!

Can she fit a whole marshmallow in her mouth? Dare her.
She loves the bonfires we have with friends. I think it's the

smores that won her over.

I said before that her favorite food was the mighty raisin. Well I was wrong. It's the mighty Oreo.

Lily is touching the teeny, tiny pony tail on top of her head. She insists on wearing her hair like this just about every day. She is very proud of her pony tail, if you can call it that. Quite frankly, it looks ridiculous. I try and distract her and take it out. She knows. She is a smart little whipper snapper.


Thank you LiLi for making us laugh.

We love you more than you know.

Thank you Gavin and Sophie for being

a great big brother and big sister.

We love you both more and more

every day.