Happy Birthday to Me!

I couldn't ask for a better birthday than to spend it with my little cupcake :)

Well, it sounds crazy, but I'm on my own for the first time and finally have time to edit and post some pics (and video) and write more than two sentences! I'd love to put up more video and may still, but it's hard to get much decent video of her - as soon as I get down on the floor in front of her to video her crawling or playing or whatever, she starts crawling towards me! Not that I'm complaining...

This entire visit has been totally wonderful and just makes me want Isabelle home even more! Yesterday I mentioned another adoptive mom who has been here with me, and she has truly been a godsend to me! She has such a warm and God-centered spirit, it has been a real help to me as I continue to struggle to trust God in what has been anything BUT an easy process!

As for Isabelle, she's easy as pie! Doesn't cry unless she's tired or whacks her head on something, she hasn't been sick at all, and she is quick to choose me over other people! I have to say, I don't mind at all that if I leave her in the walker and run downstairs (don't cringe, there are 3 steps up before the steps down, so there is NO WAY she could go tumbling down in the walker...) Anyway, if I leave her, she 'walks' all the way across the playroom, waits for me by the door, and cries until she seems me come back :) It is WONDERFUL!

It seems strange in a way to be 'doing nothing' for my birthday, but I couldn't think of a better way to spend it! Today is truly the first time out of all three trips that I have truly been on my own with Isabelle, and it is a real treat! The woman who runs the house also manages the gift shop at the Raddisson, so she's gone during the day, and the housekeeper has finished and gone.

Well, I'm off to go enjoy my little one, who is currently trying to figure out how to put herself into the stroller!