October 21 - Time to Catch Up!!!!

We've been away from the blog for a few weeks now. 4 to be exact. Now on a quiet Sunday evening it's time to summarize through pictures and video the last few weeks.

First of all, life is really great with Amy / Maggie Li / Maggie Munchkin. She's full of energy, personality, sounds, movement .... oh AND teeth. This week we joked that we prepared ourselves for difficulties with bonding, attachment and other serious adoption related challenges. Little did we know that discomfort from teething would be our major issue. Our Munchkin has gone from 8 little teeth to about 15 in the space of 6 weeks.


Back on Sept 23, Florida State (Kelly's alma mater) played their first "big" game of the year. Kelly's pal and fellow FSU grad Ashley had given Amy this dress. This is one of the first big smiles Amy gave the camera.

This next one we get to see every night. Little Amy has great bath hair.

By age we were a little early but by weight, Amy was OK to face forward in the car. We turned her around in early October and she REALLY enjoyed the change. She likes to face forward and see where she's going - in the car, at Whole Foods or at Home Depot. Here's one from the driveway.

In mid-October, Amy had her first pool experience here in the States. The water was a little cold for all of us but after expert inching-in by Mom, she started really enjoying.

We were able to capture a really fun minute on video. For some reason, Kelly started playing "high-5" with Amy as were finishing dinner. The video is great.

We also want to show Amy's room additions. On the left is the calligraphy that has Amy's given Chinese name (Gan Anyue) in characters, her birthplace and date. On the right is a map of Jiangxi province. Evelyn, our amazing guide in Nanchang, gave us the map. It has hand-written note of where Amy is from.