We made it!!!!

Roughly 4 flights and 23 hours of flight time later - we arrived in  Cleveland to spend Thanksgiving with my family.  It was such  long journey but Selah was absolutely wonderful.  Other than a few minor melt down moments, NOT getting a proper bassinet as promised, a near missed connection, and delayed luggage, the trip was great.  I'm extremel thankful that she was so calm about everything.  The hardest part of the trip has been getting her adjusted now that we're here.  I'm pretty convinced she's jet lagged and not showing any sign of getting over it. This was Selah last night at 12:30 am...ovbiously not the least bit interested in sleeping...

 I've had her on a strict schedule for the last week and she's still up every night for hours and hours, it's extremely rare and unusual for her so I'm at a loss for what to do.  Just trying to keep her awake during the days and get her to sleep at night...I'm guessing she'll get adapted just as we're getting ready to go home - so I can spend another month getting her adjusted again!  I finally Googled it the other night and turns out it's quite common and can take up to 3 weeks (?!) to work itself out!  Praying ours is going to be worked out by this weekend. Today we spent some time outside in the sunshine (even thought it was only 29 degrees F.), did some Jolly Jumper work and went to bed an hour later than usual....we shall see :)

Thanksgiving was great, it was nice to be with my family and my grandmother came over to meet little Selah.  They got along really well and my grandmas was just thrilled to meet her.  We'll be seeing her again this weekend.  I've been busy trying to see as many people as I can, old friends and family - it's been really nice catching up with everyone, makes me realize how long it's been since we've been home.  Selah absolutely loves social settings and being the center of attention, so she's doing great. 

We've had fun getting used to the cold weather - considering she's never even worn a coat before she's handling the loads of layers well.  She hasn't put up too much of a fus!

It's been pretty hard not having Brett around, I wonder if she realizes that he's not here and how much it affects her.  We've been able to Skype a bit, but it's certainly not the same thing. She doesn't seem to really know what to do with the floating head on the screen - but it's better than nothing!  She seems like she's growing so much while we've been here, I can't wait for Brett to see and hold her again. We've started solid foods since arriving in the US - just mushed apples and avocado's so far, but she seems to be doing great!  Eating like a champ for the most part - I was prepared for it to take a lot longer to teach her how to eat food, but she's catching on quickly.  Tomorrow we'll move on to green beans and then banana's I think.  It's been a lot of fun and I really enjoy watching her discover new food and all the sensations that go along with that. 

It's hard to believe I've been here a week already - and that I only have less than a week here in Ohio!  All in all, it's been a great trip and I'm so grateful that I was able to come early and spend this time with my family. 

I'll try to keep everyone posted as we move around!!! 

Baby Mug Shot...

For those inquiring minds...this is Selah's passport photo - hee hee....In all seriousness, we've run into some additional red tape and her passport processing is looking more and more challenging as we go.  Please be praying that we have favor with the immigration and passport departments in the coming weeks.  I'm really very upset about all of it and feel extremely frustrated and helpless to do anything to fix it!!!!! 

And in other news...she rolled over on her own for the first time today!!!! Here's a little video clip of it for your viewing pleasure (hopefully it works!)  --  Brett says it's perfect form :)