What a beautiful day!!!

It finally feels like spring and for more than one day. Saturday we went to the Nickelodeon park at the mall. Malia loved the rides again but her cousin Garrett wasn't so sure. Sunday and so far today the weather was wonderful. We went to visit John and Arlene after church yesterday. Arlene looked like she enjoyed seeing Malia. We then went to the Como Zoo since it was so nice out. We walked around and Malia helped push Great Grandma in the wheelchair as her broken leg is still healing. Today we headed to the mall to get Malia's first haircut. The stylist was so patient and we made it without any tears. When we got home we had a blast playing with the new bubbles.

So for those still waiting to be a mom. Hang in there. I know really well that the wait is terrible and you can't even describe to others how it feels. Well I know and I still can't believe that the wait is over and that Malia is really here. On another note, I started to introduce some sign language late last week on top of saying the word for everything we see or do. She picked up the sign language really quickly. She is consistently doing more, eat, all done and would probably do more if I knew sign language better. For the downside, she now knows eat and likes to sign it all day long while pointing at the kitchen or her highchair. I swear she would eat day and night if I let her. Since getting food is a coping mechanism for kids from the orphanage I try not to turn her down. The hardest is when dinner is done but needs to cool a little and then she REALLY wants to eat. If you have time during the wait, I would suggest learning sign language. Regardless if they speak Mandarin or Cantonese, they seem to get sign language.