Home 1 week and doing well~

We've been home 1 week and 2 days now and I am thankful to report that we are doing well.  We've had so many firsts.  Shelby YiLin finally allowed me to rock her while we looked at a book.  She finally looked at a picture of me and called me Mama.  We have played together and yes, we have laughed together.  She is finally feeling safe and is coming right out of her shell and we love the person she is.  She is so funny and clever.  Shelby YiLin loves to take pictures.  That is one of the ways I have been able to get her to like me....a little.  I will attach one of the pictures she took of me for your enjoyment.  She is understanding more and more each day.  She went to her first Christmas play Friday night and seem to really enjoy it.  She was very interested in nativity scene and laughed at the character the funny character, "Watson".  She attended Sunday School for the first time today and did very well.  She was anxious to see the kids in her class.  My sister-in-law put together a photo album of friends and family and put several pictures in it of her Sunday School class so she had been studing it closely.  Today, she chased the chickens around in the yard.  It brought great gladness to me to watch her run after them while yelling, "Hey, No!"  They weren't quite sure what to make of her and they cackled while they ran away.  She thought this was really funny.  Next, I took her on her first 4-wheeler ride, which she absolutely loved.  We went and fed the cows and then toured the woods a bit.  She already knows how to start it and was ready to take over driving.  She's gonna be a farm girl I can tell.  I'll have to make a trip to Tractor Supply for some mud boots soon.

Today we watched the video that the orphanage made for her and I don't think I will be doing that for a long time.  She spotted one of the nannies and called out, "Mama" then looked at me sort of confused.  I wasn't sure what to do.  After the video she seemed sad and I felt really bad for placing more confusion on her. 

She has been taking food to bed with her when she sleeps.  Some nights it is a banana or an apple or a Slim Jim.  Last night, she went to the place in her room where Jeremy had put some snacks just for her and grabbed 2 hand fulls and jumped into bed.  I fianlly convinced her to put them under her pillow instead of holding them all night.  They are still there.

Tomorrow we go to Vanderbilt Children's Hospital where she will see 5 different doctors.  Please pray that her heart condition won't be serious.  I really feel like God is going to take care of it.  He's always been so faithful to us and I don't expect him to fail us now.