All Tuckered Out

This is what Chloe looks like after a Sunday morning at church. She's so tired from missing her morning nap that she sometimes falls asleep eating lunch.

It's been a big week of first this week. Chloe got another tooth, that would be #12. It'd be great to be done with teething soon. She is really starting to get this talking thing down. Yesterday, she was asking where her sister was and she put together her name, school and bye bye. She was practicing saying 'Ni hao' today (Chinese for hi). Also, Chloe stayed with a babysitter for the first time since Sept. this week. Up to this point, she has had really severe separation anxiety issues and has not been secure enough to be away from either Greg & myself without days of recovery. It has made it very challenging to have her with us 24/7 for nearly a year. This week though Chloe started showing affection to Marlene, who cleans at our house weekly and babysits sometimes too. This is nearly the first time this has happened to anyone outside of our immediate family. Chloe doesn't allow hardly anyone to even hold her other than us, so this was a really big step. We've been working with an adoption psychologist, who said it's just a matter of time, so hopefully this is the turning point we've been waiting for.

Chloe loves to do what her big sisters are doing!