Adjustments and the Coming of Spring

Spring is here and our family continues to mold and adjust itself to being four instead of three. The time has flown since coming home with Emily. Daniel and I are still trying to completely understand how life works with two children in the house but I think we have finally gotten a handle on it.

Emily continues to adjust well to being home and with the family. She is a loving and kind soul -- and a bit fearless. She will hug and "hold on for dear life" one minute and be ready to leap into danger the next. She will be our adventurer in all respects.

Sydney loves being a big sister and is dishing out a healthy dose of sybling rivilry. She is more methodical than Emily and completely understands how to gauge any attention methods available to her. Sydney is immensely intelligent and has remarkable verbal skills -- defined -- she talks up a storm!!! I see her sitting in Katie Couric's chair someday (well, her old chair at the Today Show.)

We have been enjoying the time since China to introduce Emily to family and friends as well as having some time alone at home with her. We continue to travel and will be going together as a family to Israel this summer to attend Daniel's high school reunion. It should be a fun (and challenging) time. We'll post photos upon returning.

Happy Easter and Spring to everyone.

Deborah, Daniel, Sydney and Emily