Baby Girl

Well, Kayla is much more like a baby than I thought our daughter would be when we applied to adopt. I don't think it's any secret that we thought we'd end up with a child closer to two, but we left it up to God and Kayla is who we got! We are thoroughly enjoying her. It helps that she sleeps through the night and seems to pick up new "big girl" skills every day. In the past few days she has learned to...

Put food into her own mouth (PRAISE GOD!!!!)
Walk behind a toy (sorry for the blur, but she was a movin')
Give kisses (this is the face I get when I ask, "Do you have a kiss for mama?")

She has also learned a lot of new words and signs.
She says...
mama, baba (for bottle), ni-ni (for bed time) and we're working on dada
She signs...
all done, more and eat (mostly more since she eats like a pi
Her receptive language is getting better and better each day and so is the use of her legs.

Here are a couple of pictures we had to include with our first post-placement report.

TOTALLY unflattering, but it met the requirement!

Reily insisted on having this one taken. I think it's sweet (even if she does look like she'd rather be anywhere else and he's totally faking that he likes her that close to him).