Our Family Journey

One week ago tonight at this time we were packing our bags and getting ready to come home! We have been home for 6 days and it has been incredible. I haven't had much time to do anything but help Maria become accustomed to our home, but it has been the best 6 days of my life.

I thought that I had gotten to know her when we were in Guatemala together, but I know now that she didn't show us much of her personality while we were there! She has soo much more personality than I could have imagined!

I also now know just how sad she was to leave. I didn't have anything to compare her moods to, but now I do. I can tell now that she was genuinely upset and sad to be away from her foster mother. She has adjusted well over the past few days. She now wakes up happy and goes to sleep happy and is pretty much happy all day!

I think we have begun to bond fairly well. She looks to me for the things she needs and when she wants to be held. She looks to Dave for entertainment and doesn't like it when he leaves the room, but she is getting used to the idea that when he leaves...he always comes back!

It's going to be a busy weekend! We are going to have out of town guests and a few visitors over the weekend. We of course will then be celebrating Christmas Eve with our families on Sunday and will be waking early on Christmas Day to see if Santa came down the chimney.

Speaking of Santa...We went to the mall and got Maria's picture taken with Santa. She was bound and determined not to smile...until we walked away from Santa, then of course there was a smile from ear to ear!!

Click on the link below to see Maria make an Elf of herself!!

http://www.elfyourself.com/?userid=4f76e6f4fef90f0ff54671dG06122110

Merry Christmas!!