7 Months

• Madison you are beautiful
• your smile takes my breath away.
• you still talk ALL.THE.TIME.
• you are funny
• you love to eat..anything
• you like to dance
• and sing
• you still like your routine,it ruins your day if something goes off your regular routine.
• you give us hugs & kisses daily

I cant believe we have been home for 7 months now. Most days are really good but recently Madison keeps reminding us of just how broken & hurt she still is. It makes me sad to see her begin to shut down emotionally and the fact that she cannot tell us how shes feeling makes it even worse. Recently she has been asking to look at all her stuff from China and there have been several days in the last week or so where she just has little meltdowns.  What's worse is the fact that we cant figure how what is setting her off or really how to make it better. The good news is that Madison also says she loves us all the time & is hugging much more than before. I think back to 7 months ago & she didn't even know how to be held. When I would pick her up she would just be limp.

We've definitely come a long way and for that we are grateful. We are also excited to see how much further along she'll be 7 months from now.  Thanks for being a part of the journey.

Blessings,
Melissa