Update

Things are fantastic at the Laymon household! Yiqun slept through the night last night without coming into our room. Yay! John and I are still waking up throughout the night, but we are sleeping more every night. Longji went back to school and he was excited to see his friends. He is very tired and a bit cranky in the evenings, but I am sure he is still recovering from the trip. Today is the first day Yiqun hasn't run around the house screaming at the dogs. She usually leaps from furniture to furniture trying to avoid the dogs. Today she is actually walking by them and even attempted to pet one of them. Baby steps, right? This is good considering Ginger has had a few seizures this week and when we took her to the vet she said it is because of stress. Leaving for two weeks and returning with a screaming child who will have nothing to do with the dogs has really stressed them out. The vet gave her a Valium yesterday so she was bumping into things all over the house. Hopefully this will improve soon.

The pictures here are of Longji and Yiqun playing one morning with a Simon Says game and puzzles. Yiqun loves to do puzzles and she is fast with them. In one of the pictures she is wearing her pajamas and brushing her teeth before bed. She just got out of the bathtub and put this red headband in that she just had to have at Old Navy. She insists on wearing it everyday, but I explained to her with my Chinese translation app that it doesn't match her pink clothes which she insists on wearing. She is too funny.

We met my brother, Jeff, and my parents for breakfast this morning. I made Jeff take a picture with my mom and Yiqun.

Tomorrow is her first doctor's appointment with her pediatrician. We waited a little longer before taking Longji, but Yiqun does have some medical concerns and we do not want to waste any time. Her pediatrician is very conservative so we have an idea of the tests that she has ahead of her. Longji is already a little protective with her and shots. He won't admit it, but I think he is beginning to like her. He is not quite there with the "love" word, but we will get there. Baby steps, right?