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Here is the other picture of Lainey that we have. I imagine that maybe one of the nannies at the orphanage plopped her on the horse and then walked away to take the picture. Lainey looks less than thrilled to be posed, maybe a little anxious that she walked away? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just imagining, of course. As far as Lainey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s eventual attachment to Randy and I, it would be a good sign that she is attached to one or several of the nannies at the orphanage. Children have an easier time transferring attachment from one person to another than they do if they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve never formed a secure attachment to another person. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve read what feels like a mountain of books on attachment, and I have 3 more on my bedside to read. There is so much to learn, and we want to do everything possible to help Lainey\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s journey from her old life to her new one as easy as possible. So, lots of prayers and lots of reading. In that order.<\/p>\n
Today, we received her official paperwork, which was over-nighted through Fed-Ex from our agency yesterday. (stay tuned for a story about that tomorrow!) Here are a few things that her Developmental Report says about her\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n
-at one month old, she liked to suck her fingers.<\/p>\n
-after her surgery at 5 months to repair her lip, she was more active and open. She especially liked the nannies to hold her and snuggle her.<\/p>\n
-at 6 months, they gradually added other foods to her diet, and she loved to eat them all.<\/p>\n
-a description\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6she has a pair of almond eyes, a round face, and a broad forehead. Her facial features are full and her hair is brown. She is very lovely.<\/p>\n
-at ten months, she could roll over in her crib freely and understands adults\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 facial expressions.<\/p>\n
-she is described as a deep sleeper with a restless personality, quick in reaction, and impatient at times. (uh oh)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a little more than 24hrs since we first saw Lainey, and our love has already grown!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here is the other picture of Lainey that we have. I imagine that maybe one of the nannies at the orphanage plopped her on the horse and then walked away to take the picture. Lainey looks less than thrilled to be posed, maybe a little anxious that she walked away? I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m just imagining, of course. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adoption"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.handsful.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}