Long time since last update

Well it has been a long time since I have posted anything.  Things seem to be going really well. Chloe continues to amaze us and make us laugh.  My cousin and aunt came to visit last weekend.  They are speech therapists.  My cousin works with children and she has given us some things to be working with Chloe on.  Chloe seems like a fast learner and we are hopeful for speedy progress.  One of the things we are working on is having her blow air out her mouth.  Seems like a normal thing to do, but she had not done that for 19 months.  We have been blowing bubbles, playing with pin wheels and blowing fuzz.  She is also able to suck out of a straw for the first time in her life.  She really likes it and usually drinks most of what is in her cup when she is using one.  We are also trying to encourage more verbalizing.  She is consistently saying Mama now and knows it refers to me.  She is also saying something that sounds like night night at bedtime.  We also think she was trying to say Ge ge today, which is big brother in Chinese.  We often call Caleb that so she was trying to imitate us.  I would love it if she would say it and I know he would too.  Her sleep continues to be an issue.  Of course tonight she fell asleep in no time flat and has yet to wake up. But last night it took over 1.5 hours to get her to bed despite her being extremely sleepy.  She is however, sleeping through the night better than she had.  So that too is making progress.

Caleb and her and getting along really well.  They are fun to watch their play together.  Caleb has created this chase game where Chloe is chasing him around the house.  It is so funny because she squeals in delight when she gets him.  We are also continuing to work with Caleb on reading her body language.  As all siblings do, he often seems to antagonize or bother her when she really should be left alone.  She still has a lot of on the edge fussy times and we are really trying to work with him to leave her alone and not stir up the pot.  He just loves her so much, I think it is sometimes hard for him to leave her alone.

It is still amazing to me that we have only had her for just over 2 months and tomorrow we will have been back in the States for 2 months.  So much has happened in this time. And yet, it seems like such a long time ago that we were in China.  I guess life is funny like that.