Ahh, sweet relief. We are home. Claire is doing so well as a big sister. She has such patience and love for "Baby Hope", we are all doing great. We are still trying to adjust to the time change, and it's a challenge, but we'll give it some time. We were greeted by the best welcoming committee at the airport, and even more suprises at home. My sister, Marie, Mom and Claire had decorated the outside of the house with balloons and "It's a Girl" signs, made dinner, set up Hope's room, even had clean sheets on our bed! They, and the whole family took such great care of Claire, we could never try to begin to express our gratitude. There is nothing like the feeling knowing that your children are loved and safe. Thank you all, from the bottom of our hearts. Marie also commented our our awesome, wonderful friends here in Colorado and how kind they all were to offer to help with Claire, and even take them to the airport when we were too sleep exhausted to do so on Sunday (Dan you are the best, truly.)
Claire is still her sweet self, shouting I love you's 50 -100 times a day, asking for hugs every 5 minutes, and despite my crazy fears, she seems unscathed by the seperation and change. Hope is loving watching and mimicking her big sister, she's really a happy baby. I've been saying she's also the most polite baby I know. She's got an easy calm to herself, and quietly reaches out a hand when she wants to be held, loves to eat and makes silly faces. Our friend Wenguo came over and talked with her in Chinese and she seemed to understand completely. She asked her if she knew who her Daddy was and she looked at David, and then again at me when promted who her Mommy is. When she was asked if she's beautiful, she nodded! My girls have no problems with modesty, I see.
We are taking it easy this week, just settling in to our new family, and loving every minute of it.
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