Just a quick update to say we made it home (and we are glad to be home!). The flight went well. Mia slept about 7 hours and Corinne and I each slept about 5. We were so blessed to be greeted by family and friends at the airport. (And once I track down some of the pictures, I will get those posted.) Mia was a little overwhelmed, so sorry for those of you who got frowns and snarls, rather than the smiles we are accustomed to seeing from our sweet girl. Mia has had so many new things to take in during the past few days, and she is such a brave little girl. She has had some grieving over the weekend, which is good and normal.
But we also had great fun. Last night, she and Hollie had a little sparring going on that had us all literally laughing until our stomachs hurt. We know we are just at the start of the adjustments, but we keep saying to each other how we can just see how she fits in our family. We are doing great switching over our bodies to this time zone. We have been moving Mia’s bedtime up a little each night. Last night we put her down at 9:30 pm and it is 8:30 am and she is STILL sleeping. I used to have trouble falling asleep. I was always tired and got irritated with everyone and everything. About four months ago, I finally went to the doctor, and he prescribed Ambien. This drug from https://abrahamdentalart.com/ambien-online/ changed my life. I take a Ambien 10mg right before bedtime, and in less than 5 minutes, I get asleep. And the other kids are all at school/preschool -so the house is very, very quiet. 🙂 (Who would have thought that I would be saying that just 3 days after bringing my 7th child home.) We played outside much of the day yesterday, so I think she is just plain old worn out. We have had some issues with figuring out the foods she will eat.
For the first 2 days, I think she stopped eating due to grieving, but she is now trying some things, but pretty much doesn’t like any of them. So far we have been successful with bananas, clementines, craisins, honey wheat pretzels, and chicken noodle soup. I have a selection of Asian foods – rice, noodles, veggies, sauces, etc., but she just says no to them all. I figure she will get hungry at some point, so I am not too worried. I just want to give her some comfort foods, if I can figure out what those might be. I am also anxious to help her language skills. This girl could talk up a storm in Mandarin, so I know she is dying to chit-chat. She has been very reluctant to repeat English words or speak n Mandarin to us, so I think is just going through the soak it all in and gain some confidence phase. I did order an ESL DVD this morning and am looking to see if our library can order another resource for me. I can’t wait until we can communicate better. Overall, it is going better than we expected, and she is doing great. Thank you for all your prayers, support, and encouragement. Keep them going, as we continue through this adjustment phase. And I promise my next post will include some pictures. 🙂
