Awhile back now Adah had her first medical check up in the states. According to the doctor who would barely even touch her, she is in great condition and very healthy. This I am happy to hear but it was as if he was scared to touch her and then he called her oriental which we all know are rugs not people! I think we will probably be finding a new pediatrician. In the meantime, Adah saw a craniofacial physician who will be doing the surgery for her palate and revision of her lip. When he came into the office he took time to get to know Adah and tried to get her to warm up to him before he examined her palate. This was wonderful after our last experience. However he is not without faults. We were his first appointment that day and he was 45 minutes late. If you have kids you know what it is like to entertain one in a small enclosed room with many instruments and equipment that shouldn't be used as a toy. And we all know that if we aren't supposed to touch something that becomes the most interesting thing in the room. We made it through the appointment and Adah will be having surgery sometime in June. This is very exciting. I think we will decrease our cost in kleenex by at least half. The amount of stuff that comes out her nose is rather yucky! I've become so tuned into things coming out of her nose that anytime anyone sneezes I make sure to check their nose for food hanging out of it. Back to the medical check up. She still weighs 23 pounds and is 33 inches tall. On the American growth charts she is in the 11th percentile! Can you believe it. She eats like a horse. We still haven't found anything that she won't eat. Anyway, on the Chinese charts it puts her in about the 80th percentile. Soooo I think we will go with the Chinese charts! As for Marley, he is doing wonderful. He will be 6 in a week. First Grade! Oh My-Time flies I tell you! He's playing soccer this spring and loves it. I post some pictures of him soon.

Hmmm.... It's been awhile

So Hello everyone! After finally getting home, Richard had to go back to work right away. We got home on Saturday and Richard went back to work on Monday. Adah apparently did not grasp the effect that not sleeping would have on those of us living in this time zone. Adah took a while to get her time turned around to join us in our sleeping habits. For about the first week she definitely enjoyed the night life and would scream and cry until you either were able to get her to sleep (whcih took hours!) or you just gave up. While in my younger days staying up until 3 or 4 in the morning was probably a normal occurence, I now have a 5yr old that has to be to school by 8:00 and I don't have the luxury of hanging out watching tv all day. However, if you ask Richard he may have a different opinion. Anyway, after a week or so and no daytime naps, unless she happens to fall asleep in the car, she is mostly sleeping through the night. YEAH! How is Marley dealing with all of this you ask. He's fine. He gets about 11 hours of sleep each night. He never hears her cry at night even though his room is directly across from him. He sleeps through just about anything.