Aloha

At Last! We are back on track after some "technical difficulties..so sorry about that. This past weekend Jimmy's family hosted a "Welcome Home Laina Party" on the Cape, it had a Hawaiian theme, complete with Leis for the ladies and shell necklaces for the men, tropical food and fun for all. Laina was a good girl and everyone just loves her already. Here are some pix..one is Laina looking beautiful in her new hat(did not want to wear the sunglasses, she has her limits!) another of her with her cousin Megan, and a third with her Uncle Tom who hosted the party. Today, we had a visit from our Social Worker. After you bring your baby home, there are still steps to take to make it all final. We'll have about 3 visits at our home and one at the Agency, we have to provide photos for them and keep our Social Worker updated about Laina's health, development and general progress. This is called the Post-Placement period and lasts for 6 months. It is nice that they look out for the kids wlfare and check up, but we are anxious to get her a Social Security number and feel as if the U.S. recognizes her as OURS. She traveled home on an immigrant visa and has her own Chinese passport. We are, of course, considered her guardians and she is even covered with our health insurance already, so it's not all that difficult. I'd like to tell more China stories, but Laina is what it's all about, y'know! Maybe you'll get 2 posts tonight to make up for my slacking there for a bit...