February brings a happy little girl

Well it appears as though Caitlyn has decided we are ok.

Her personality shines more and more everyday. She is a happy little girl. She only really cries when hungry or tired now. She has had a cold lately and someone asked if she was out of sorts. and i had to be honest, if we had not been through the last few months, i might have said she was, but compared to her anxiety surrounding her settling into our family, she was totally fine. It appears we are through the main issues in regards to trust. the look of panic in her eyes is gone. she used to be extremely sensitive to any seperation. She was miserable when Ryan went to work and Emma to pre school.. but now she is thriving in having some one on one time. She is starting to try to talk, saying "up", "duck" and "Emma" (*her first word other than mama and dada, much to the thrill of her big sister) She is also standing up and took her first unassisted step from me to the sofa the other day. We are able to put her in her crib and walk out.... WOW is that nice! oh and another major event. Caitlyn had her first Canadian medical a few weeks ago and we were informed that we could consider Caitlyn to have no further developmental delays!!! 2 months to catch up... we couldnt believe it. she weighed in at 18 pounds at that time. we have meaning to weigh her again as we think she may have hit the 20 pound mark... we are hopeful as we would be able to have her forward facing in the car seat... we will keep you updated.

Well, all you all want is pictures, so i will load the blog up with as many as i can. thanks to all for your thoughtful inquiries about the adjustment of our little treasure.

the litttle girl sitting with Caitlyn is Lily. and Emma's best friend Grace, is standing next to Emma. Lily and Caitlyn were together in Guiping. We get together with Ginger and the girls most wednesdays.... and for those of you who may think these girls wouldn't remember each other, think again, we went to Ginger and Barry's last week, Caitlyn took one look at Lily and said "Kai Kai" Lily's chinese name.... WOW