Life is good again!

Don't you think she bears a certain resemblance to that famous golfer? Must be the hat!

Yes, Kali is quite the Diva!

Sharing powdered sugar donuts for breakfast.


Grilled cheese and cheetos for lunch ... yum!

It really does feel so good to be home and back to normalcy! Kali is just the sweetest little doll. I think she knows this is her home now and that we are her family. She has no problem running from room to room to see what is going on ... unless the dogs are in that room! Need to find the words in Amharic to let her know that the dogs will not hurt her. We keep petting them and Carson gives them hugs to show her that they won't hurt us, but she is still very much afraid.

Carson and Kali are doing well together. Of course, we've experienced the sibling jealousy and rivalry already, but not too badly. As many toys as we have in this house, Carson only wants to play with Kali's toys when she is playing with them. He had no interest in them during her 6 hour nap on Saturday until she woke up and started playing with them herself. We fully expected this. But Carson is still a good big brother. He loves to act silly to make her laugh, and she does laugh all the time. He put his music on in their bedroom yesterday and they were both dancing and twirling around ... never a video camera around when you need one! It was so cute and they had such a good time. Kali likes to do whatever Carson is doing, so we had to talk to him already about being a good example. We both need to make sure that we set aside time to hang out with Carson one on one too. I feel that Carson may end up having the more difficult transition! But so far, so good.

What a love this little girl is! She loves to give and receive hugs, and now she likes to grab my face and give kisses. To say that she is comfortable with us is a major understatement. I am pretty sure she has decided that she loves us ... which works out perfectly, considering we love her too!