Bela Loves Her Barbies and Her First Superbowl!!

So who would have known that our daughter loves to eat chicken wings and ranch, while watching football. Bela and mommy were rooting for the Saints!! While Bela is certainly a girly girl - playing with her barbies and wearing mommy's bangles up to her elbows, she had a blast at her first Superbowl! She was very playful and seemed to enjoy herself despite new people coming over to see her. She would get shy for a little while then she would open up and play again. Even without a nap, she did amazing (although she was out by 6pm till 7am the next morning). She found French onion dip delicious but didn't care for the bean dip too much. Mommy taught her how to motion when the Saints scored a touchdown and also how to point out a first down! Bela continues to pick up new words and is feeling even more comfortable with me alone. She can tell us in sign language when she is hungry and when she wants more of something. She also learned how to recognize her eyes, ears, mouth, head and nose in English. Today, Bela even went with me to run a few errands and to go clothes shopping and she was amazing the whole time.

We have noticed however that she is regressing from her potty training. She seems to just now go in her diaper and then tell us about it afterwards or not at all. So we're going to have to employ so some good old fashion potty training techniques again to get her back into the swing of things - might need to start from scratch. While it certainly has surprised me - I am thoroughly enjoying being a mom and seeing her personality come to light (even her little mischievous side which likes to throw food on the floor). This week we get to focus on all the post adoption paperwork and getting her specialist appointment. Let's hope all of the above is very painless! The good news is that Bela is great at taking her medicine and multi-vitamins - it's almost odd but she loves them.