Our Little Girl

This girl has put on 2 1/2 lbs in 4 weeks.  Her skin is clearer and eyes are brighter.  She is no longer grinding her teeth when she is upset (a coping technique that she's been doing for a while, by the look of her teeth!).  She's more comfortable around strangers and letting me leave the room (as long as her older brothers and sisters are around).

She has the sweetest face!  It takes me twice as long to run errands now because so many people want to talk to me about her.  First, they notice how adorable she is, of course!! Then, they'll ask me if she is adopted.  We'll talk about the process, Isabel, the incredible need... I've even given out my agency's website to those who seemed particularly interested.  This girl stops shoppers everywhere I go!!

On this particular day I tried getting the 2 littles together in just their diapers, to show the size difference.  They are only 6 weeks apart.  Nate is older.  He is also a big guy for his age, as I've mentioned before! : )

First, I started with just Isabel...

Then I added Nate...

She's a little suspicious of him because he tends to knock her over when he bear-hugs her!

She looked away and that was an invitation for Nate...

All he did was touch her!

And she did NOT like it!

But then he went away and she was all better...

Oh, how we love this girl!