Apparently, I'm suffering some sort of post-China-jet-lag Insomnia, because it's 2 am and I can't sleep, so I thought I'd post some pictures to the blog!
I'm getting sort of sick of taking pictures to be honest, (LOL) even though I love to look at them! I guess after all the pictures we took during our trip, I just want to hang out and not worry about picking up the camera every other minute! BUT, I know the pictures are priceless, and they're so fun to share- PLUS, they're such a great way to remember everything as we look back on things that happen so fast and can easily be forgotten as time passes.
My sweet sister is leaving on Friday- I'm SOOO SAD. I can't even express how wonderful this time has been with her- from how she was just so amazingly supportive through everything while we were in China, to how special our time has been together since we've come back home. She just wraps us all up in this blanket of love and we are all just so blessed and feel so cherished and nurtured by her. She's an amazingly loving and giving person- I don't know what I ever did to deserve such a wonderful sister, but I'm so glad she's mine! I'm also so thankful she stayed longer than planned- I talked her into another couple of days, because... well... I made up some pretty good reasons, but honestly, it's just too hard to let her go! My only regret is that I have not been able to enjoy her sweet children as much as I'd have liked to because of my preoccupation with Kelly. I know they understand, but they are precious and I long to have the time and energy to give them the attention they deserve. They're such sweet children- so lovely and each one special in his/her own way, and I can't wait to enjoy them more the next time we're all together.
Since tomorrow's my last day with my sister, I'm going to try to do something fun with all of us, so my sister and I don't wallow in pre-goodbye-blues. (We're known for that!) I'll try to take some pictures of all of us and share them in the next couple of days.
It has been so fun for us to watch Kelly and to enjoy getting to know her better each day. She's already changed so much and is just a little sponge right now. She's doing remarkably well. I have been working on posting some video of her, but I've had "techinical difficulties" so I'll keep working on it and share it when it finally works!
Notice the picture of Kelly holding the balls? One of her index fingers is pointing out. She almost always has that finger pointing out. Cute-cute!
Nanna, do you notice a certain little giraffe in the pictures? Yep, Kelly's been having a ball with it! She likes to ride it backwards too, as you can see, the little renegade! Oh, she's just like her daddy- he never can stick to the conventional way of doing things!
She is sooo curious about Chloe and Kaya, as they are about her. She gets a little more comfortable and moves a little bit closer to them each day. We can tell that Kaya is just DYING to sniff her from head to toe and sneak in a kiss or two, too, but she's been SOO GOOD about keeping a distance that Kelly's comfortable with. She waits until Kelly initiates closer contact, and as you can see, Kelly's been doing just that. Kaya is such a great dog- she just lies there like "yeah, whatever" but you can tell she's just dying to plant a big, wet kiss on Kelly's face! In due time, Kaya, in due time.
We're having so much fun- enjoy the pictures!
