2 Months Home

Today is 2 months since we landed home from China and oh how our lives have changed.  It is amazing how one little girl can change so much in our lives. Mainly things we never thought about but now we think more of others and how we can make a difference.  Well in the last month, Rebecca has had a few more firsts and grown in all areas.

Some firsts she experienced this month:
1st family trip
Met Janet's brother and her cousins: Olivia and Aidan
1st swim in the Atlantic Ocean
1st Independence Day picnic with neighbors
Watched 1st fireworks
Met Janet's sister and her cousins: Erin and Ryleigh
Ate 1st Sunset Slush
Played in sprinklers outback
Played in Pirate water table
Started using the shower
Started using the potty

New words:
Uh Oh
All done
more
pool
Aureo (Oreo- the cat)
Hel (help)
bow
baby

Things she loves:
Reading books (especially those with photos of children that she can copy facial expressions)
Swimming
Her brothers and sister
Rice, noodles, eggs, yogurt and watermelon
Laughing and making us laugh
Our smartphones

Here are some pictures from the month

First beach trip to Oak Island, NC

 

 Rebecca LOVED jumping the waves with daddy or the girls

 

 Enjoying Sunset Slush with her siblings & cousins Olivia and Aidan at the beach

 

July 4th picnic with the neighbors

 

 Watching the fireworks with daddy

 

 Rebecca with her friends Saylor and Naomi

 Second beach trip to Holden Beach, NC

 First time asking to sit on Grandma's lap

 

Fun with our cousins Erin, Aidan and Ryleigh

 

Looking pretty with Elizabeth, Ryleigh and Erin

Home 1 Month

I promise I am going to back date posts from the rest of our journey to China but I thought I'd make a quick post about our first month home.  Rebecca is adjusting fabulously!  She is sleeping 10-12 hrs each night and taking a 2 hr nap on the days we're home for that. :-)  She eats just about anything we offer her and has grown .5 inch and .5 pound in the last 3 weeks!!  She understands just about anything we say to her and is starting to say more on her own and repeats us all the time.  Here are some of her firsts and favorites from her first month home.

Favorite Foods:
Cold cereal and milk, especially Frosted Flakes
Chocolate Chip Granola bars
Pepperoni Pizza
Macaroni and Cheese
Corn on the Cob
Watermelon
Ice Cream
Sweet Tea

Favorite Activities:
Playing outside
Swimming
Taking a bath or shower
Playing with her baby dolls
Drawing
Swinging
Being held and/or carried
Looking at pictures of herself and other Asian babies
Riding in the Power Wheels truck with the boys
Eating

Words She Can Say:
Uh Oh
No
More
JieJie (sister)
GuGu (brother)
Baby
Peek-a-Boo
Oreo (one of the cats)
Merlin (our other cat)
Bye-bye
Night-night
Please
Thank you
Yay!!

Some of her FIRSTS this month:
Swimming in the pool
Going to movie theater (Saw Inside Out)
Watched Elizabeth's dance recital (all 3 hours)
Started going to church (LOVES the music)
Learned how to eat Corn on the Cob
Ate ice cream cone (with a spoon)
Roadtrip to the beach
Jumped waves and LOVED it
Watched fireworks
Goes to sleep at naptime by herself

She has transformed from a sad, scared little girl that we first met on May 18, 2015 to a smiley, laughing, happy little bundle of joy with BIG personality in 4 short weeks!  It seems like eons ago that we were in China and Aaron and I frequently talk about how long ago that seems.  We are SO HAPPY to have her in our family and make the Kamenick family complete.  We can't wait to see how much she grows and changes over the next 11 months!