Harlow April 2008 to Aug 2008

So I'm not a blogger!

Alright, well obviously we made it home from China, sorry for the delay life took over!

It seems like it was so long ago I can even begin to remember everything that has happened in the last 10 months. So I am going to start again with where we are now.


Harlow is doing great. She has bonded well she still has some issues with strangers and that is just fine and to be expected considering two strangers came from nowhere and took her away from everything she ever knew. Shortly after we got her home I took her to a cranial specialist and it was decided that she needed to wear a helmet for plagiocephaly(her head was not shaped right). She wore it for about 6 months. Once a week we do physical therapy and will continue for quite some time. She will be 2 in April and is not walking, she has major muscle tightness on the right side which we are working out and as we do it is getting easier for her be physically active. Her language is amazing, my favorite thing she says is "ludgeu momma" (love you momma) she also says thank you for everything even changing her diaper, pretty funny! She has been using the toilet, I feel like they must have had her using one in China at some point because she needed to use it and was holding everything in. She has grown so much when we got her she was in 3-6 clothes now she is in 12-18 and going on 18. Thursday her therapist brought a four wheeled walker that she has to pull instead of push and she has been all over the place walking, its just amazing.

I will post more and pictures too but need to publish before my computer goes nuts!

Almost time!

My Favorite store on the island (the purse stores are in the city!) Chad's cool new coat, does it really suprise anyone that it matches the stroller?
Should we be worried about traveling on this plane?

Well the shoe count is up to 22 pair. Not much else to report we have been eating and shopping, we visit Starbucks every day, can you believe Dennis had never been to Starbucks. Now he has...Harlow is doing very well, I love that she looks at me now like she knows who I am, she laughs so big! Its a huge belly laugh just like Chanc does/did. She weighs 16.2 lbs and is 27.5 inches, she sleeps so much last night we put her down at 9 and we woke up at 11 today. We are trying to stay up later so we can adjust a little easier when we get home, she sleeps so much I am sure she will do well.

Pictures

She smiles! Kickin it at Starbucks with Daddy!
Harlow's crib at the orphanage

More pictures

It was a long ride to the orphanage Oh the shoes!

Not much to report but more pix

Family picutre
Mommy's funny
Baby blogger!

What is there to do here?

Anyone that is reading this that had been here please post in the comments, we have been around this island 50 times there is absolutely nothing to do here. We explored off the island a little today, guess what we found...more shopping. Tomorrow we go to the zoo, I am very excited. We really would like to get out there and see some of the culture but it seems like this is is just a big city, something like New York. I don't have the pix downloaded yet but as soon as I do I will post some, the place we went today seemed like times square. I was absolutely amazed at the number of people that we there.

Harlow is doing well, her personality is coming out more and more by the day. She seems to be a night owl which is good because night here is day at home. She is becoming more vocal as I am typing she is laying on the bed talking.

Orphanage visit

We were able to visit the orphanage yesterday, something we really wanted to do. It was not as shocking as we thought it was actually clean and not extremely crowded. We were able to take pictures of her crib and any other areas that did not have children in them. The nannies seemed very excited to see her but she did not react to them, I was worried that she might be upset by it. I put her in a sling and I am glad that I did the nannies we trying to hold her but they were not able to get her to go to them. There was a little one in one of the baby rooms that I had a hard time walking away from, she was so happy and just jumping up and down in the crib and I waved at her and she waved back over and over. I started playing peek a boo and she just laughed and laughed she had a very good personality and beautiful smile. There we so many of them, hopefully they are being processed for adoption as well. It was a 2 hour bus ride each way but well worth the time it took. Harlow is doing very well, she is eating and making great eye contact while doing it, she sleeps great last night she slept for 14 hours straight, so did I! We are here for 6 more days I have no idea what we are going to do for the rest of the time, we explored the entire island, tomorrow we hope to get away from the island and check out the rest of the city.

ps I found starbucks!