Trying to settle in.

The past few days have been ok with Shelby YiLin and me.  We have made progress and I am thankful for that.  She has me carry her around the house and she seems to tolerate me pretty well until her brothers get home.  We have been having our biggest struggles with sleeping at night.  I think she got up about 8 times last night.  Twice she was crying and the other times, she was just awake.  I have been walking around the house like a zombie and having trouble staying awake.  She has started taking a short nap during the day, less than an hour, in her own bed. I managed to explain to her that if she goes to sleep, we can go pick up Ian and Marshall.  It is very quiet in the house during the day.  When the boys get home, it turns into a house of laughter and play.  She will sit at the table with them and write or draw while they do their homework....at least for a little while.  She doesn't play much with me being the only one home, but she will carry her baby around and change it's clothes several times.  She likes watching Sesame Street Alphabet Jungle.  Other than that, she doesn't care for TV.  A friend of mine picked us up a Play Doh Dental Care Kit to try out tomorrow.  I also bought some wooden ornaments for her to paint.  Not much else is going on.....  She still doesn't speak for me, except to say chin and shay shay, or Ian and Marshall everytime she sees their picture.  She says many more words for the boys while they are playing.

Praying for some sleep,

Mary