One month- it has been one month since we landed here in NC with our precious girl! Time has been going fast and slow at the same time. Sometimes the days are long, but the weeks are going by fast. I look back at pictures from 4 weeks ago and can't believe how far Ryah has come in such a short time. I see a very unsure, scared little girl in the pictures from our first days together. Her entire world changed in a matter of minutes. We had been preparing for that for years, she had no idea it was coming. Despite everything that has changed in her little world in the last month, she continues to surprise us daily with her resilience and amazing personality. She has rocked this transition like we never expected. I prayed for a long time, and many of you prayed with me, that God would prepare her heart for a family, and he has most definitely answered that prayer. It's hard for me to think that 4 weeks ago she would barely move from our bed or leave our bedroom. Now, she walks around this house like she owns the place. She moves from room to room like she's been here forever and hasn't known anything different. The dog that she had a total meltdown over seeing when we got home, she now chases around the house to give him kisses. It's the sweetest thing. She has come leaps and bounds with my hubby as well. They have had 2 afternoons by themselves so far and she has done awesome! She gets so excited to see him come home from work each day and runs to greet him, along with the crazy dog she was once terrified of. She continues to spoil us with her sleeping and eating habits, sleeping 12-13 hrs each night and napping 1-2 hrs in the afternoon. She has tried so many new foods and has turned down very few of them. Girl loves to eat and I find her in the kitchen with daddy cooking something up more often than not. She is picking up English words here and there. So far she can say: mama, dada, tucker, no, more, up please, water, hi, bye bye, yay & bath. And she understands so much more than she can say!
We are just in awe of how well she is doing and we can only attribute it to God's grace. Because the reality is, amidst all of our joy in having her home, our precious girl has experienced a great deal of loss in her short 2 years of life. And I don't want to paint it like we haven't had any issues. Trust me, we've all had our frustrations and seen some tantrums that we fully expect and understand. Everything is new for her and she is grieving for things we sometimes aren't even aware of. And she does so well, that when something hard does happen it takes us by surprise and we have to remember all she has been through. But overall, she is doing so so well. We have been cocooning pretty tightly so far but we are starting to venture out a bit and she has done well with that also. We are just so blessed by our sweet girl.
Ryah Grace,
Daddy and I waited so long to have you in our arms, and now you have been here a whole month!! It's still hard to believe. You have done so well with everything you have experienced lately- from the airplane ride home, to making friends with Tucker, to seeing your first snow, you have embraced it all and we are so proud of you. You surprise us daily with your antics and personality and you have an infectious laugh that I hope you never lose. We love you so much sweet girl! Happy 1 Month Home!!!
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