Nyah is home!

Just a short post to let everybody know that Nyah is truly home. For the first time since she was sick in Guangzhou, I am seeing her be happy, independent, and playful, in spite of the chaos our house holds. She was thrilled to see daddy at the airport, smiling widely and playing with him immediately. I know that had to be heartwarming for Doug because it was for me.

Today the other kids introduced themselves to her, over and over and over again, and she never really seemed terribly overwhelmed. She was running and laughing all over the house, fussed only a short minute when I finally made her sit in a high chair to eat, and cried only briefly on a car trips to the soccer field today (and last night coming home) when she had to be buckled into a carseat. She also watched fearfully as Brynn took a bath tonight; I was hoping she would want to get it in but she kept running away... maybe tomorrow. She took one nap today and went to bed at 8pm so I think she is doing well time-wise. I guess I will find out for sure tonight but I could not have imagined today going anymore perfectly, well, except for the fact that I am am very tired and not very patient, though my 2 1/2 hour nap this afternoon helped.

Of course, life started full force today with three soccer games. We are at Price's in the picture. Nyah made silly eyes and grins at the people who came over to us at the field. She is a trooper. It almost seems like she knows she is home by how relaxed she is!

Not many pictures today (just a lot of soccer ones that I'll go through later and post on the other blog tomorrow) but tomorrow we have no where to go so I hope to get a few to post of our family.

Thank you again for your well wishes while we traveled. I cannot even explain how wonderful it was for Caleb, Doug, and I to read the emails and comments on the blogs. While it was a fun journey, it is also a stressful one and reading kind and encouraging words always made the day a bit brighter. Thank you also for everyone who helped out on the homefront while we traveled... my mom, Doug's family, Karen and Denise especially! To know everything was okay at home and our kids there (and Doug once he was home) were being treated extra special definitely made the travel easier!

I'll post to this blog tomorrow, and then probably 1 or 2 times a month after that until Nyah has been home a year. The other blog will be up and running again tomorrow too and will be the one we use the most so visit us there! http://www.managingthemadness.blogspot.com/.