Two weeks home...

Genei has been ours for one month and we have been home for two weeks. She is doing so well. It is hard to describe how blessed I feel. At this point I can't imagine a smoother transition and I know how blessed I am to be able to say this. Some things I have learned about my daughter:

* She has the sweetest smile- and when she is really laughing she closes her right eye and looks a tad bit like Popeye.

* Genei is a Mommy's girl from sun-up to sun-down. She prefers me over anyone else...including Daddy. She tolerates her brothers and has her moments with Dad (usually when I step out of the room). We have been working on her with this by letting Daddy give her baths and put her to bed at night.

* She has gained 4lbs since we first met her.

* She has nine teeth with two more that just pop through.

* Genei may be tiny, but she know what she wants....and she lets us know too! Did I mention she has a stubborn streak.

* She loves music and bops her head and claps whenever it comes on.

* She can sign "Thank you" and "more"

* She almost always falls asleep in the car, no matter the distance. DH says "just like mommy"

* She is my daughter and I love her. I didn't give birth to her, but my heart doesn't know that. I am in love with this child. Sometimes it still doesn't feel real. I sit in her room and rock her to sleep thinking about all the times I would imagine this day and it doesn't seem possible that she is finally here. Please..if your still waiting, hang in there, keep waiting, it is worth it!