Then what?

Well, being home stinks.
Maybe that's not entirely accurate. Being home without the baby stinks.
Yesterday was a pretty crummy day. I felt like we had actually done pretty well on Tuesday. Of course giving the baby back was difficult, but I felt better knowing that we would be seeing her again soon for the pick-up. When we visited in September it was really, really hard giving her to the foster mom because we had NO idea how long this was going to take or when we would see her again. We have had a lot of progress with our case in the past 6 weeks or so, so I am much more optimistic now. We entered PGN this week! Pray, pray, pray for a quick review and release!
Anyway, Tuesday was bearable, but Wednesday was rough. Being home without her was terrible. Worrying about if she's being well taken care of is miserable. We were also pretty exhausted from the trip so it didn't take much to upset me.
Today is better.
But still stinks.




On with the pictures!!



I love this look!

She is talking and babbling a good bit.
I love how silly babies' lips look while they're learning to control them.

Fresh out of the bath!


Matt went down to the lobby for a moment one day and came back to the room REALLY excited. We rushed downstairs for Eliana's first picture with Santa Claus!

It was really funny. Matt was so excited. He was a pretty good lookin' Santa. Check out that crazy beard! Lucky for Santa I held Eliana because less than 2 minutes after this picture was taken Eliana threw up all over herself and me! We were in the elevator with no blanket, burpcloth, nothing to clean up with..... There was nothing I could do but howl with laughter.