Cyclone Sarah

We have had a number of family and friends come and visit and Sarah has done beautifully. We couldn't ask her to be doing better than she has been. She is laughing and playing and the cats (Brandy and Millie) have been great with her - she has poked them in the nose and eyes and used their tails for occasional handles, yet they still come around her - we keep reminding her to be gentile and she then pets them softly. Bear has been great as well and has not had any complaints about cleaning up her spills of Cheerios and various other bits of food.

Wes's Mom and Paul stopped by on Sunday for a visit and Sarah sat on Grandma's knee but only for the few seconds to grab this picture before Daddy had to rescue her. By the time they left she had warmed up a bit - she had just woken up from her nap and it takes her a little while to come around. Just like her Daddy.

By the next day she willingly posed in her coveralls to show Popie that she was all set to help bring in the hay for the horses.
Our little Sarah is a bundle of energy and has no problem playing with her toys and wearing out Mommy and Daddy - here is a shot of our family room after our little cyclone Sarah has gone through.

Tonight she decided that the animal treat and plastic's cupboard needed some reorganizing and decided the best way to start was to empty everything out onto the floor and then decided it was just the right height for a seat - what better way to clean out a cupboard than climbing in? Needless to say - she wasn't able to complete the reorganizing before bedtime so Mommy had to put everything back in while Daddy worked on the toys in the family room - when your a busy little 19month old - you just don't have time to pick-up after you play.

Tomorrow we go and see the doctor for a check up - luckily we were not caught up in the OHIP problems that a lot of our fellow international adopters have been caught in recently - some OHIP offices are denying our children coverage for three months - it is causing an incredible amount of unfair stress and duress on everyone in the adoption community and we are hoping everything will be fixed by April 1st so all our children can again be treated equally.