Home for 10 days

The first few days we were home, Kora woke up every 1-3 hours at night so still not much sleep for me.  She also got another cold which made sleeping hard for her with her stuffed up nose.  But now she is sleeping through the night and goes to sleep with minimal fussing. 

After spending every waking second with me for nearly 2 days on the airplanes, she started preferring me over Jesse. She wouldn't even want to be with Jesse if I was in the same room for the first few days. That has gotten better now too.  If she hasn't seen Jesse for a few hours, she will go to him on her own with me still in the room.

Smiles and giggles are coming all the time now.  She isn't as sensitive with her hands and face as before.  She only gets mad with touching her face when we are trying to wipe it clean.  She will grab our hands to play games like pull up into sitting or pull up into standing. 
 
We have her on all American formula and rice cereal now and are working on thinning it down.  At the orphanage, they mix the bottle so it is at least twice the concentration as US formula and they put rice cereal in the bottle to make it very thick.  They also don't start solid foods until after a year old.  Since we've been home, she has done very well with solids.  She gets pretty excited when you put her in the high chair.  So far she has eaten squash, peas, green beans, oatmeal, peaches, and applesauce. 

Below are some pictures we've taken since being home.  Jesse especially likes the first one.  He loves to encourage her to stick out her tongue.  But as you'll see on the bottom picture, she doesn't need much encouragement.  Big Brother and Sister also wanted to get in on the pictures.