There's No Place Like Home

The boys made this sign for us to welcome us home.

After two days of travel, we finally made it home on Saturday.  I was so glad to see everyone at the airport, especially Ryan and Spencer.  We have had such a wonderful group of people praying for us and supporting us. We couldn't have done this without all of you.

I wanted to also give an update on how Katie is doing and how she is adjusting.  She does not like our dogs at all, which is somewhat of a challenge.  We try to keep them in another room or outside, but there are times that she sees them and she will scream.  It's gotten a little better than the first day, but not much.  We're trying to take this very slow and allow her to warm up to them at her own pace.

No longer do we have to worry about bath time.  I was able to get her to sit down in the bath last night, and then today she wanted to get in the water at the pool.  I was so excited!  She was the one who actually initiated it and was laughing and playing.







She loves her brothers, and they are very quick to meet her demands.  We're going to have to work on teaching them to say "no" to her.  She is already telling them what to do, which is kind of cute, but will grow old quickly.  I've been very impressed with their patience with her and the love they show her.  And, they've endured watching Dora for her.






Travis has gone back to work and she is doing great with me now.  We took a picnic lunch to his work today and she was fine when it was time to leave.  She wants me to hold her a lot more than she did before.

I ventured to Target with all four kids, and lived to tell about it.  They were actually pretty good.  Katie loved riding in the shopping cart and was excited when I put goldfish crackers in the buggy.

We laugh often at her English.  We've decided she's  Chinese Italian.  Everything she says has an "uh" on the end.  "Goldfisha"   It's really cute.  She repeats everything, so we have to be careful about what we say.

Trevor and Spencer seem to be having the hardest time with the adjustment.  Spencer is not liking the fact that he's not the youngest anymore, and I think Trevor is just cranky from jet lag.  They have been fighting more today than they have in a long time.  Please pray for them as they make the adjustment.

First Sunday at Church

While you're at it, please pray for all of us.  Things are going really well, but that doesn't mean things are easy.  We're all still making adjustments and I'm sure issues will arise over the next few weeks.  Thanks!