10 months home tomorrow.....

I can't believe it has been 10 months since we brought our little bundle of energy home with us.... it doesn't seem like it has been that long.  She has changed so much in such a short period of time.  We are so very happy with her progress.  She is learning more and more every day. 

We aren't sure how much of everything she remembers.. sometimes she will just say things out of the blue that you know she's heard us say but isn't really sure what it means.  The other day while we were driving home... she says, "you got me from Russia?"  and I said yes... we got on a plane and went and got you and she said "you had a meeting?" and I said yes... the judge and us met and the judge said you were ours and we could take you home... and she said "humm"  like she was thinking it over.  I know the pieces of the HUGE puzzle will come together for her one day.  We just hope we can be good parents and give her a good life so that she will know how much she was loved and wanted. 

She has a little cold today.... her nose is running like crazy and it's suffed up... and she has a little rash that showed up on her forhead on Thursday... it doesn't seem to be going away.... last night I decided a little Children's Benadryl couldn't hurt her.. and gave her a little again this morning... I'm hoping the little bumps go away soon, or I'll have to take her to the doctor and see what they say.... I'm sure it's a allergic reaction to something...but to what?  who knows.  She's only had a couple of other colds so I think that isn't too bad for 10 months...

So I've yet to leave my little girl overnight... but the 18th I have to go out of town for work for one night and so I'll be leaving her for the first time.  Daddy's gonna have to take care of things. 

Steve's Local 80 dinner dance is the 8th of December.  We are planning on going to this and so I've got a hotel room in Charleston for the night... this will be the first time in 1 year that we've been apart from each other.  December 8, 2011 we arrived in Columbus, OH with our package of JOY!  We didn't know what we had gotten ourselves into!  December 8th is a special day - good and bad.... Bad because my daddy passed away on December 8th, my mom broke her shoulder on December 8th one year later and good because we landed with Olesya in the USA on December 8th. 

We are extremely happy with her progress... She's like a little sponge and just picks up on everything good and bad.

She is happy, beautiful, intelligent, curious, talkative, inquisitive, funny, lovely little girl.  She loves everyone and wants to know what everyone's name is... the WHY finally has subsided. (thank heavens!).. now she just walks up to everyone and says "WHAT'S YOUR NAME?"  They tell her and then she says, "what are you doing?"  She doesn't answer people back yet (when they ask her what her name is) unless I prompt her to.... but she is getting there.  She's too busy thinking up her next question.  She is very funny.... and when you laugh she says "what are you laughing at?"  which is even funnier... and makes me laugh even more.

We can't imagine our lives now without her and even though she takes up all my spare time.  I love every minute of it.  I LOVE BEING OLESYA'S MOM!

Well my baby just woke up from her nap... gotta go.