Our precious family

Carington is doing so well. She truly has made this transition so much easier than expected. She does need a lot of extra attention and she really loves to be held a lot, but we can see her confidence growing. She plays on the floor with her brothers more and more. She allows me to walk further from her without crying. Sometimes when we put her down she'll go right to sleep on her own, other times she needs to be rocked. Sometimes when she wakes she'll play a couple minutes in her crib before crying out. This shows me that she is becoming more secure. She doesn't seem as afraid that we will disappear.

She eats like crazy and we can tell that her cheeks and belly are a lot bigger than they were 3 1/2 weeks ago!

Aiden and Noah are such good big brothers. They have done really well with this transition too. They were already used to sharing me with a baby. For those who don't know, we had a foster son the same age as Carington that left the week before we went to Rwanda. This tends to essentuate the joy we feel with her. It brings us such happiness to see her bonding and attaching to us. With our foster son it brought pain knowing that the relationship could not last. We miss him and ache for him. But it is so good to look at all 3 of my children and know that they are here to stay. We feel so blessed.