I swear this was much easier to write updates in China than it is now that we are at home. Ha! All is well here in Grandville! We are trying to settle into a schedule and remember what day it is each day. : ) We’ve been home for almost 2 weeks and we still can’t believe that we have this precious little chestnut in our home FOREVER!!! Sometimes it feels like she has been here all along, while others seem like we were in China yesterday. A definite mix of emotions.
Our little girl is simply amazing. She is so dang funny yet she has her “terrible 2” side that can show its face at times. Megan is learning that certain behavior is not acceptable but all in all she is adjusting to her new home and life extremely well!! She is sleeping so much better the last few days which is such a welcome sign to Jeffrey and I. She has slept for 12 & 13 hours each night and we’re hoping this lasts for a very long time. She eats amazing!!! So much better than Jacob and Alex ever did. Megan will eat pretty much everything we put in front of her. We are still struggling with her wanting to eat whenever she wants. This is a typical orphan issue but we hope that she will understand she will never go hungry and that her parents will always be there to provide for her. Until then we have to suffer thru the temper tantrums. Poor poopsie.
The boys are loving their sister and thinks she’s pretty funny; however, when she’s in a mood and is crying we get the question of “why is she crying now?”. Makes us laugh because even we don’t know why she is crying. The boys have been so amazing with Megan that they will play with her at any given time, especially when she holds out her hand for them to come play, taking her for a walk, playing with her in the yard on her new bike or just sitting with her. I have the most awesome kids ever!!!!!
Jeffrey asked me today when we were outside swinging if I was happy. Happy? I am not sure if happy is the correct adjective and I am not sure if I can even put words together to describe it. From the seconds I laid eyes on Megan, she was perfect. I had looked at her photos a million times before we left and could have picked that little girl out of a million Chinese kids in a heartbeat. She is the perfect gift that completed our family. She just fits. Jeffrey agreed and said we got the cutest one of them all, too. I have to agree. Megan seriously has a million faces for the things she does. So funny – even when she is throwing a fit we tend to laugh.
We have spent the last week and a half doing whatever comes next. No schedules or serious plans to make it easier for Megan to adjust. We briefly went to one of Jacob’s tournament baseball game, to the Grandville 4th of July Parade, to Costco, to the Meijer, a walk in the jogger thru the hood, a stroll in the jogger while her Mama pushes her old school roller skating, playing in the yard (even though she isn’t a fan of the grass) and we even had our 1st restaurant dinner. She has had many visitors which she absolutely loves new people to play with.
We have also been able to keep in contact with our travel group to China. They are all doing well! We wish them all the best and hope to see them again in person very soon but until then we have email, Facebook, phones and texting – thank goodness!!!
Hope you all had a wonderful and safe holiday weekend!!!
Xoxoxoxo
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