Sophie is Ours

We completed our adoption on the VN side on Sept 29, 2006 and have been enjoying our Miss Sophie since then.

She is so beautiful and so sweet. She had a bad night the second night with us and I guess she was just completely worn out because she slept for 12 hours last night, only waking for bottles.

She is such a good baby and for the most part easy except the second night in which she apparently did not like our choice of clothes for her and she cried like mad for two hours until we removed said clothing. She is a good eater, sleeper, burper, and really cries very little except for the necessities. She poots alot like her daddy!!!

She has not had any time on her stomach in the orphanage so we have been trying her on her stomach using our travel pillow and she seems to be tolerating it better. She let both of us for the first time last night hold her stomach to stomach while she slept.

I think we are bonding well she laughs at both our voices and tracks us around the room. The only time she is still a little unsure is when she first wakes up and she needs a little reassurring.

Last night I really was overwhelemed with emotion for her. She was a little fussy after her second bottle and did not want her crib so I held her stomach to stomach and she let me and nuzzled my neck and found her fingers and slept there sweetly for about two hours. I love the way she grabs for our hands now when we feed her and laughs at our silly baby noises. I am getting good enough sleep, but don't feel tired as somehow motherhood gives you energy. I feel like I could stay awake all night just watching her sleep.

She is not a passy baby. She liked it at first, but then not. We are teaching her to find her fingers and she is gettingthe hang of it.

The journey to her was very very very bumpy. The road was a one way for about 100 miles of the trip with oxen, water buffalo, motor bikes, bikes, and people all sharing the road without trying to kill each other. The orphange was clean and the caregivers very attentive to the children. Many of them became overwhelmed with emotion as they gave us our babies. The place was very clean and well kept and they helped us to learn our babies schedules and habits.

Our hotel is great and the staff are so wonderful with the babies. We are in the shopping area and have many little outdoor markets selling everything from bottled water to live frogs.

I need to go now and let Chris have a break.

Sophie is wonderfula nd she cannot wait to meet everyone.

Summer