Week 2

I don't have as many exciting things to report for our second week. Tallie and Beckett were both sick this week -- especially Beckett with a double ear infection, he has been completely miserable, so we stayed home most of the week. That proved to be pretty boring for the girls, and especially for Valencia who was feeling just fine. It was a hard week with the sick kids, but Valencia's doing a lot better and seems to be adjusting to her new life. We may be over the tantrums -- we've gone 2 whole days without a single one. I kid you not, it used to be 1 per hour, the littlest things would set her off, and they lasted quite awhile with kicking and screaming. But she's been learning that good behavior gets her what she wants and we try to exaggerate praise when she does the littlest things right, and that seems to be working. The tantrums became less frequent and less intense, and going 2 days without one is HUGE. I'm feeling okay about going into public now :)

She's also becoming more affectionate towards us, and she loves using the English words that she knows. I need to record her saying "a little bit" because it's the cutest thing ever. She says that every time she wants more food. And as she becomes more comfortable we're seeing more of her personality which is fun. She's a bit of a goof-ball, and she LOVES music -- she's always singing and dancing. She roams around the house singing "I like to move it move it" (from Madagascar). And she's all-girl, just like Tallie. The two of them LOVE pink, skirts, dresses, pretty headbands, makeup, etc.

Here's having fun with dad -- riding him like a horse was a huge hit:



I took Valencia to a salon today to get her hair done. What a trooper -- she had to hold still for 2 hours while they tugged and pulled on her hair. She looks so adorable! She LOVES the beads and can't leave them alone, and tonight as she brushed her teeth she just giggled in the mirror and said she looks "belle".