O.k who would have thought that our girls who would scream at the sight of animals would actually ride a pony? In only 9 months they have come a long way in over coming their fear of animals. They still cried a little at the Lake County Farm Park when the animals came up to them but as long as they could approach the animals on their own terms they were fine. It was amazing to see them excited about the animals and they actually touched horses, cows, sheep and pigs. They even got to milk a cow! Let's even say they ran to milk a cow. It is so promising to see such growth since we both love animals and we are getting one step closer to getting our new kitten.We started telling the girls a story about how we became a family and we began looking at pictures from our trip to Bogota. Since that time they have been talking alot about Colombia and even cried a little saying they miss Colombia. It is so wonderful to have them talk about the orphanage and open up a little about that chapter in their lives. Since they have mentioned nothing before this is a huge breakthrough and we feel it shows a sign of security. Laura talks about how she swept the floor and that Rosa slept in a different room than her. She remembers the day we became a forever family in detail (like what was in my hair and what toys were in the room). It is those little memories we want to capture so they have some part of their past.
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It is interesting what the kids may remember from Colombia. I'm Emilie's mom and her oldest struggles a bit with what he remembers and the fact that his brothers don't remember as much as he does. (The middle one remembers some from the orphanage, but not about the first family.) He and Em have lots of talks when he gets sad. It's a challenge.
We too continue to talk about what they remember hoping they will continue to remember - or at least we can tell them later what they remembered. Our boys also just love to watch the video we took of our time in Colombia. They didn't say much about their life before us for a long time, and really still don't say alot. Wish we knew more - I think it would help some of the things they do and say make more sense to us.
Anyway - your girls and beautiful! It is alot of work to go from no children to three - it does get easier and it really does help to have a little time for yourself - so make sure you do!
Karen
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