Gracie Lin enjoyed her first Friday night movie night with the Lyman family - It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown. :) She sat up in her little high chair by Carter and ate a little pizza (mostly soft crust), lots of sweet potato (feeding herself) and a bowl of applesauce; then she polished off a 9oz bottle. She didn't watch the movie all that much but loved the new book she got today.
This week, six full days, Miss Grace has been exploring the house little by little. I'm so thrilled that it only took her one full day to start leaving me behind and checking out her new surroundings. She found lots of great toys that are OK for her to get into:
However, (I can't believe that I don't have a photo of this) her absolute favorite thing is paper - homework, directions, magazines and our books. She loves to eat paper! There can be 10 toys on the floor and one small piece of paper and guess what she is going for? Gracie Lin has gotten faster with her crawling and is pulling up more each day and getting very quick and confident with it!
We have had lots of visitors, some great dinners thanks to our friends and we received our fourth pumpkin bread tonight! We are loving that most of all I think - breakfast and after dinner! Miss Grace loves the kids but hesitates to go to others (that's a good thing at this point in attachment to us)! She really takes in every new person who comes by though and always wants to touch their face to get to know them.
Daddy, Mommy & Grace Lin went to see Carter in his school's halloween parade today. We tried really hard to hide behind other parents so that he wouldn't see us and want to go home. However, this was impossible so he had a little moment and then gave in to the cookie bribe and forgot about us. He went in as a LaCrosse player because he didn't care for his race car driver suit.
One morning, I found Carter sharing graham crackers with his little sister. He has begun to help himself to the pantry. He can be very sweet to her but then turn around and pop her in the head or push her over. The are brother and sister already! 
As for Mom, I feel like the only thing I've accomplished this week is laundry but even that didn't get put away. That's OK, I've enjoyed the kids! Another day! 
Hey Paula - So glad that you guys are home safely...love the pics! Please remember too that early on, they can seem attached to you, but only because they've been through trauma and you are the one familiar face left...this can go on for a few months until they feel safe and then true feelings will come out. I know you are exhausted...but sweet Gracie has had so many care-takers...she needs her mama meeting her needs now...hang in there...you will recover! Can't wait to meet her. Also...this is random, but we've got a couple of rooms for the retreat in January, so I think we should have some extra spots if you still need roommates. Cute kiddos!
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