Our first full day with Kahlia :-)

This is a picture of daddy playing with Kahlia right before bedtime. I am feeding her some much needed protein - so far she's eaten everything we've given her - not picky so far!!

Kahlia giving us a few cute poses as she plays with her new toys on the bed. :-)

This is a picture of someone washing dishes right outside our hotel.

Another great day with our new daughter. Not only did she sleep the entire night, we had to wake her up so we could go to breakfast! She got her first bath this morning, and didn't cry when water was poured over her head. She almost seemed to enjoy it. :-) After breakfast, Rajeev took us to get her picture taken for her visa and the medical appt. Then we went to the US Embassy to get our I-600 cleared - our petition to give her immigration status into the US. It was approved, then we were off to the required doctor visit - that part took the longest, and Kahlia was SO tired, she fell asleep in my arms. She slept for an hour in a half before we had to wake her up for the doctor check up. Several posts ago, I said she was only 13 pounds - we realized later that those measurements were from when she was 12 months old - she was really 16 pounds - thank goodness! However, at the doctor visit today, she lost 2 pounds since her last doctor visit in February. She is down to 14.2 pounds - we need to beef her up! I don't think the orphanage fed her any solid food because of her cleft palate - but we've been giving her small solid foods, and she's eating them well. We are concerned with her ears. They both have discharge coming out of them, one quite a bit. They are probably both infected - but she's not pulling on her ears - I wonder if she has just gotten used to the pain from her ears. Though they say she does not crawl or walk, tonight she has scooted herself across our bed - and did very well. I think we will be seeing lots of improvements really fast. She ate a really good dinner tonight - the most we have seen her eat at one time since we saw her yesterday morning. It was very encouraging - you can't have strength if you don't have food in your tummy!! After the doctor visit - we were taken back to the hotel where she slept for another 4 hours. Even then we had to wake her up to go to dinner so she would go back to sleep tonight.

Tomorrow I will try to remember to post a picture of the traffic here - it is absolutely insane. We now see why our pre trip instructions said under no circumstances should you try to drive in India! They drive 5 and 6 across on a 2 lane street. They make full use of their horns, and come within inches of hitting each other constantly! It's quite the experience. Our driver will go into the oncoming traffic lane to pass with cars coming right at us - we have flinched more times then we can count, but somehow we never get hit. Hardly anyone wears seatbelts here - Kahlia just sits on our lap. It seems backwards - seatbelts are needed more here then they are in America!

Kahlia is "talking" in the background. Music to my ears. I am SO very thankful for our new little blessing. I can't wait to introduce her to the rest of our family. We just need to get her healthy!! :-)