Loving Lia is hard. Brian and I have many conversations as we try and figure out who she was, who she is now and who she will be. On one end of the spectrum we have a silly girl who slaps her hand on the table and gives us this face.....
She does it to make us laugh and we love it. We call it her General Go Go face. And on the other side we have a little girl who has a meltdown if you can't get her something quick enough or you just pick her up and put her in her chair for dinner. Brian and I will never know who taught her to make the silly faces or even how she went to sleep when she lived in the orphanage. If she was the little girl who only smiled slightly in her referral photos or did she laugh hysterically there as she does here. And how on earth are we supposed to get a high fiber diet into a picky eater who was said to eat "everything"????
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You've come a long way in 6 weeks! Don't be so hard on yourselves. Lia is precious.
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Lia is so fortunate to have such patient and understanding parents. Thinking of you all as you continue to get to know and understand each other. Just imagine what Miss Lia's blog might say...."they're trying these Canadians, and even though they have some strange ways of doing things, I think they are kind of interesting. I think I'll stick with them!"
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Well Dallaways, As Lia's Nana, I feel so blessed to have the sweetest little grandaughters. I love to watch you care for the girls, Trish, I feel so proud of you, you are so gentle and loving! Brian is quietly protective of you all, so neat! Ami astounds me with how accomodating she is with Lia's big and little damands. Each time we visit with you we see Lia more settled and social. She's had the disadvantage of having more than enough medical appointments, you and Brian have guided her through them SO WELL! We know you have your frustrated, and tired moments. XOXO Mom
ReplyDeleteThanks all.Mom-love you lots!! xoxox
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