Home At Last

We have been home for 2 months and it seems that Camryn has been a part of the family forever. She has adjusted well to life in America! I have been able to stay at home this summer and work from the house and that has been such a blessing! One of the side benefits of working for your husband! Camryn is very smart - she is using sign language to communicate, but already understands what we are saying in English. She is sleeping well and likes most food. We have reduced the bottles from 5/day to 3/day, but she doesn't seem to mind at all - she really enjoys eating! Since we have been home, Camryn has learned to scoot on her bottom, pull herself up to standing and is army crawling across the floor. I believe she will soon be crawling, if not walking. Oh and she loves Sydni and Dalton! She lights up when they are around. They both have been a great help with her. Sydni is always wants to feed her and put her to bed. Sydni took a babysitting course in June and she has babysat for us a couple of times. Camryn is now also taken with John! She loves to wrestle, play and tickle with him. For awhile, she didn't like it when he kissed her because of his mustache, but she's loving on him now! Camryn has experienced her first birthday, first birthday cake, first ice cream, first Royals game, first swimming pool trip, and first car seat (which she acts like she's been in since birth!) Oh, and she used the potty! After we had been home for a week, I remembered that in China they sit babies on the potty and they don't use diapers. I sat her on the potty and she knew exactly what to do! We have since taught her the sign language for potty and she makes most b.m.'s in the potty. We are not pushing this or expecting no accident - we still use diapers. We just hope to keep the general idea in her mind, so complete potty training may be easier down the road.