Working On A Schedule

This week has been all about establishing a routine and structure, and Sofie Hongyan is already really taking to it.  We're also working on getting a full-night's sleep.  Bedtime is actually pretty easy - we brush our teeth, wash our hands and face, read two small books with Baba and then it's lights out...literally.  She falls right to sleep.  But has been waking up crying several times a night.  The good thing is she goes right back to sleep as soon as one of us goes to her room and lays on the floor so she can see us.

We've also been getting lots of outdoor time, which she loves.  We went to the park for a nice long walk today...



Sofie Hongyan has been reading Baba's snake books with great interest - they are the only books she actually sit and look at for any length of time, beside the book Auntie Peanut and Cousin Drew made for her.  So, Baba decided it was time to meet the pet snakes.  She was fascinated and sat on the stairs after looking at the snake books for a long while.







One of our adoption friends and fellow Inner Mongolia Mom, was kind enough to send Sofie a package to welcome her home.  I let her open it yesterday...thanks Tammy & Joy!









We've been adding Sofie on to the beginning of her name this week and she says Sofie, but from what we've been able to translate, she is say "not Sofie, Dang Hongyan".  We'll keep working on it.  For those of you who will speak to her on the phone or by Skype, she only really knows Dang Hongyan...pronounced Dong Hoy Yen.