The first week

Julia's foster brother played the piano, she seems to enjoy it when Nate plays
Isaac did ask me to put Julia in the basket with him, even though his expression doesn't show it!
She has this stunned expression in most of our pictures so far
Here's the happy girl!

Julia has been home for over a week now! The first week went WAY better than we expected. She is a great eater and hasn't refused anything yet. She is also consistently sleeping thru the night. She is slowly warming up to Nate. She will go to him without screaming, but if I'm in the room she makes it clear she wants me. I'm not sure how this second week will turn out. This past weekend we went to Chicago to celebrate my Grandma's 80th birthday. Julia came down with a fever during the weekend and did not feel good. It didn't help that she was also surrounded by tons of new people and slept in a different bed. It was a stressful weekend for her. I'm glad we were able to celebrate with my Grandma, but I was also glad to get back home. :) Her fever seems to have gone down today, but she has been very clingy with me again. The book I've been reading about parenting internationally adopted kids talk about how attachment goes in waves, so I won't be surprised if she needs more attention again. The book is very informative about what adopted kids need from parents, etc. and I'm learning alot. I am very thankful Nate is off still. He goes back to work on Christmas Eve. It's a little disappointing he has to work thru the holidays, but I am so grateful he was off during Julia's first weeks home!

We've been blessed with friends making meals for us and coming to visit and meet Julia. My parents and siblings will come to our house for Christmas Day, which will be fun. We're excited to celebrate Julia's first Christmas! I pray you all have a wonderful Christmas celebrating our Savior's birth!