Josie is Adjusting Well

With Poppa at the camp(Colleen's dad).




I love to read! (with Ammi, Colleen's mom)

Feed me!














I love the cats, but they always stay just out of reach...







We've been home (in the U.S.) for over two weeks and during that time Josie has traveled 7 hours to Colleen's parents' cabin in the Keweenaw Peninsula of upper Michigan, and the next week she went 5 hours to Iron Mountain Michigan for Jim's family reunion. She did pretty well in the car. She had a little trouble a couple of days when she was held by several new people: she let them hold her and was quite social. One time when we got home she looked at me in extreme anger and started crying- she was not happy with me! But both nights she had trouble sleeping and would cry out if mom wasn't holding her. (She fell immediately asleep whenever I picked her up.) So it's a good sign, she is attaching well so far. She sleeps in between me and Jim,and she stretches out both of her arms so she can feel each of us there.

She wakes up very smiley! It's a great way to start the day! I've started going for walks with her at 9:00 each morning and she likes it, but then she falls right asleep - good nap for her and good exercise for me.

She has started to babble- more and more each day. She says "bababababa" a lot - Baba is Chinese for Daddy so maybe she's saying she loves her daddy?? She also coughs as a form of communication and says "ahhhhhh." When she is tired she puts her thumb in her mouth and whispers "gagagagaga." She is so adorable!