THREE Months

Yesterday, 11/6/12, marked THREE months since we met Hope & Maggie.  Crazy! Time is flying by now that we are "getting in a groove" and feeling a little "normal".

The girls are doing great!  Still have some issues with things. But...they are starting to be "normal" issues and not issues of being adopted.  They seem to have adapted to school, and LOVE it.  They are making friends. They saw a few in our neighborhood when we were out for Halloween. And the girls (friends) would say "Hi Maggie, Hi Hope. See you tomorrow at school".  Made me so happy to hear this.  And made H & M happy too.

Their English is coming along nicely. We are starting to have actual conversations with them in English. And last night they were on Skype with a friend from Huainan who has been home for about a week. We would hear them say some things to her in English. They did not realize they were doing this.  LOL

Hope's new thing to say to us is "Daddy/Mommy Come on.....LOOK AT ME!"  This is if we do not give her our full, 100% attention as soon as she wants it.

Hope is teaching herself how to read.  She will type in words to her iPod into the translate program and then listen to what it is.  Maggie is starting to do this now too.  The other day Hope came home with this paper. She wrote all the words down (thinking she copied them from someone) and she can read about 95 % of them and know what she's saying.

Hope's vocab

I am just simply amazed with how fast they are learning.  God is so good!  Without Him, our family & our friends I don't know how we would have all come so far.  So thankful for the love & support from everyone.

Gotcha Day 8/6/12

1 Month 9/6/12

2 Months 10/6/12

3 Months 11/6/12

Yes, had to take a pic with the sign. Their first election. Bummed with the outcome though.