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Today was our Christmas 4H party and service project.

Also this was Chloe’s last meeting as president of our 4H club!! Yes that is Mia on her lap.. That little girl is everywhere!!

Camye,Holly, Paige and Laura

Blake, Nathan and Gavin

Paul and Nathan.. And yes Nathan made that mo-hawk all by himself …he informed me of this as soon as I saw him! As if I could think anything else!

Mia and her BFF Ellianna….coloring away!

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Wow!! Yesterday marks 6 months since Gotcha Day with Mia Grace. And what a difference 6 months can make!!

I can’t even believe how much she has changed. We received a scared, insecure, shy and frightened little girl. Today we have a confident, outgoing, very secure and well adjusted little girl.

She has been through a lot since coming home. Lots of doctor appointments..ophthalmologists, dental, medial, genetics. She has had extensive dental surgery.

Sleeping arrangements have improved…most of you know she slept with her foster parents. I really believe she possibly slept on top of her foster mother.;) when she came home she slept on my chest…arms clamped around my neck..and only in a room without anyone else in it. We moved to the guest room then. We are now in our room with Daddy..she falls asleep in her bed…still holding my hand…but in her bed. Sometimes she still wakes up and climbs in bed with me and Daddy but it really has helped her and daddy bond.

She has grown an inch and a half taller.

She hasn’t gained any weight yet.

She wears an 18 or 24 months.

She loves her siblings.

She is potty trained.

She can talk like no other 3 year old I know. Her English is phenomenal. She has been speaking in full sentences for several months. She knows her ABC’s. She can count to 13.

She still speaks some Korean. She counts in Korean. Still says thank you in Korean. Oh and when she gets mad we have no idea what she is saying in Korean, I choose to leave that way.:)

She loves to color and she colors in the lines.

She does NOT like TV…. At all.

She loves to be rocked.

She misses her Omma and Appa something terrible.

Her favorite book is Pinkaliscious.

She tells me every day that is a princess.

She loves her friends, my friends, her grandparents, her sisters, her daddy, her brothers, the preacher, her friends parents, Mia is a people person!!!!

She asks to watch Korea on our laptop…which is a video of her sister, Avah and Avah’s friend Coralie who live in an orphanage in Korea. Guess whose picture will be shown soon after Christmas. That’s right our little Avah!

And guess what else…we finalize in 2011!!! December 21,2011… Praise the Lord for a 2011 court date!!!!

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Do you have any idea how many pictures it took to get her to hold still long enough and smile for a picture? 15 to be exact!!

Well we lost her first pair of glasses, so we ordered another pair and a new style! She is doing wonderful and I’m sorry I have been such a blog slacker. I told her to smile, we needed to blog for Omma and Appa. She looked at me real serious and say I want Omma and Appa. So sweet….soon Mia Grace soon.

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…and guess who still likes to carry her around in it.

We have had a super busy and stressful week. I need to remember that Mia has only been home 5 1/2 months, and when she is throwing fits and pulling her hair mad…she is feeling our stress. She has brought me the sling several times this week..that usually only happens when we have super busy days. It’s like she is telling me to slow down..I am still new here. But tonight we were playing and having nice relaxing family time..and she told Paul put on the sling. She yelled, ” Camera.” and gave me a thumbs up!! So.Cute.:)

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So I had a pretty rough week dealing with finalizing paperwork for Mias adoption, lost glasses, ordering new glasses, glass in my foot, cut my toe and it seemed my list could go on and on.

I went to Walmart today to order Mia’s new glasses and she found these two Pinkalicious dolls, that Mia just loved. So of course I had to get them for her. I know Christmas is coming but she was so adorable snuggling these babies.

Below she asked me to hurry and take her ‘ Pinkalicious’ babies pictures because they were crying. And yes this little chatter box…calls them her Pinkalicious babies. They talk to each other and call each other Pinkalicious.

And now with her babies..almost asleep. I couldn’t resist the picture..it did wake her back up. But it is to adorable to pass up!!

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Seems like she has been home forever! 5 months ago today we were given this precious, spunky and beautiful little girl! Little did we know the blessing we had just received!

Mia had her 3 year old check up today. She is doing extremely well. Of course a little on the small size, but doing well. She meets every developmental task.

Mia is so much fun! And all girl!! My mom brought her these pink snow boots. She keeps running around the house with them on saying “Mia so cute”! She loves them so much…she fell asleep in them. Don’t worry I took them off after she was good in asleep.

I have more pictures on my camera…this was just a quick blog to update on her 5 months home.

I feel so blessed we have been approved to bring home another little Korean blessing. Praise God!

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Bringing Home Mercy: Adoption Awareness Month: Buy a t-shirt or tote!: November is Adoption Awareness Month…a time where I can unapologetically talk about adoption and orphans over and over to raise awareness….

We run a very relaxed school, here at the Rogers Household…with 5 soon to be 6 kids. We have to be relaxed. We have interruptions…phone calls…construction workers knocking on the door….daddy coming home for a break..soccer….music…dance classes…the interruptions to our day are endless. But if I wanted it any other way, they would be in school. Then my house wouldn’t look so lived in.

Blake in his jammies…Mia is dressed..school spread out on the living room floor. Mia doing her own school right beside him.:

Chloe and Camye acting out Pride and Predjudice..they wouldn’t let me post the video…but let me assure you Mr. Darcy was involved.:)
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