Adoption Day #2

Thanks for everyone's well wishes. Physically, Lia is doing really well recovering from her last surgery. She was off the pain meds completely by the following Monday (her surgery was on a Wed.). Unfortunately, the stress of the surgery and her hospital stay seems to have triggered some fears and sleeping issues that we weren't dealing with previously. We've been assured that these are completely age-appropriate behaviors and that they are typically brought on by stress in a child's life. Of course we tend to jump to the conclusion that any fears or behaviors she displays are adoption-related, but we also need to remember she is a toddler and often times toddlers go thru phases where they are afraid of the dark, or afraid of the window curtains, or afraid of the bathtub, (or in our case, all three of these at once!) But even now, those fears seem to subsiding with each day that passes, so we are hopeful that this is a short-lived phase she is going through. In the meantime, she is getting most of her sleep either in our bed with us, or on her little Mickey sofa that flips out into a small bed in our family room:

In other news, today was our court hearing to finalize the adoption in our state. In Washington, you only have to have custody of the child for six months in order to finalize, so after our six month post-placement, we decided to file the paperwork and finalize. The judge was so kind and he, our attorney, and the court clerk were all smitten with our girl. They closed the courtroom to just us and afterwards we took some photos for Lia's scrapbook. 

HOORAY!