Miya's first pony!

From the front...



From the side...



From the back...

14 months old and grandpa's house...

On Sunday, Miya turned 14 months old. It is hard to believe I have only known her a little over a month! She seems to be adjusting very well and is very much all things toddler. She is always busy and can be a bit mischievous cough cough at times. Here are a few pics of her visiting Grandpa's house last week (captions are above photos).


Snack time!







Miya loves it when Grandpa pulls her around in her toy box...



Quick break for Seseme Street on the big screen...


Cuteness all around!

Hi!

Aunt Lexi taught Miya how to say hi. Here's a little video of her silly mother trying to capture it on video...

Our first week at home....

We've been home a week! I can hardly believe it. The first few days were pretty hard as our internal clocks were turned upside down. We both wanted to sleep until 1:00p.m. and then stay up until 1:00a.m. After about 3 days, I bit the bullet and just set the alarm for 7:00a.m. It was a bit rough at first, but I think we are over the jet let hump.

Miya has slept (knocking on wood) for 3 nights in a row. All night long. We are now trying to work on getting our day schedule down. Nap time is still all over the board, but we are getting closer to the 10a.m. and 2p.m. schedule she was on in China.

So far, I think she likes me. :-) She likes B too. :-) In fact, she is a very happy easy going little gal. She gets very serious when she meets someone new, but it doesn't take very long for her to warm up and show her fun personality.

She had her first Dr.'s appointment yesterday. She is right on track developmentally, but is delayed in her eating skills and language (no big surprise there). She weighs 20.5 pounds and is 29.5 inches in length. Her color is good and her PDA has not closed on it's own yet. We will be seeing a pediatric cardiac specialist at the Children's hospital nearby in the coming weeks. They will then decide if we should have it closed now or wait until she is 2. I also have to schedule the dreaded blood draw appointment....yuck.

She is eating well and I am going to start transitioning her to US formula as soon as I can decide on which kind to buy. I think I am going to go with the Carnation Good Start as I've heard that it is a bit sweeter and others have had luck transitioning from the Chinese formula to it.

Miya is such a sweet little girl and I am so very blessed to have her.

I've saved the best for last. Pics from our first week home (captions are above photos)!!

Yummmm, biter biscuits are good!

Yep, I still love my bath....

First Dr. visit...

Meeting cousins....

Meeting more cousins....

I love my pool!

Swinging with her cousin Thomas at the park, it was his first time too! pssst...he's only 4 months older than Miya, doesn't she look tiny in this picture?

Hey, this is really fun!

Miya's auntie found a gently used Johnny Jumper at a garage sale down the street. She loves it!


Climbing all over her cousin Jackson...

and then she swooped in for a kiss, I just about cried, it was soooo sweet!

My happy little girl...

We are home - - take 3!

Well, my computer is officially messed up. I am at my Dad's house backing everything from China up and then we are going to restore my settings from before I left for China. I am also borrowing his computer and will blog from here as I know you are all about to hunt me down because I haven't posted any photos!! Soooo sorry! With jet leg, my computer issues, and trying to get settled w/ Miya...well, it's been hard to get this done...

Anyhoo...the 22 hour trip home went well. Miya slept for maybe 3 hours the entire trip. ouch. She did pretty well overall, was very squirmy at times, but boy were we glad to be home. Here are a few pictures of our first day in the USA!

Jet leg...need I write anymore??



She loves her comfy highchair!



First bath at home...if she could, she would stay all day in the tub!

Brrrr....hurry mom! I need my pj's!

First night in her crib, she slept maybe 2 hours and then partied until 3:45 a.m...

We are hanging in there...

Miya is doing great! We are trying to get over our jet leg and made some major progress (I think) last night. She slept from 8:30p.m. to 6:00a.m. and I only had to get up with her for a few minutes 3 times. Yay! We'll see if it continues...

I seem to be having problems uploading pictures this morning. I have tried two times....but am out of time as it's time for a diaper change and breakfast :-)

I'll try again during nap time. Blogging with a busy 13 month old is hard!!

We are home!

We are here and we are home! Miya is currently crawling all over me and it is rather difficult to blog...I'll get some pics up later tonight. We are doing great, but jet leg is awful. More soon, I promise!