Checking In

Today we took Saiya to our respective workplaces to meet and greet and check in with everyone.  I go back to work the week after next, so we wanted to make sure we were all on the same page.  We turned in some insurance paperwork at Chris's work because our health insurance has to change to include Saiya.  She was a little grumpy after meeting so many people, but some chocolate and a piece of candy later, and she was all smiles.  :)

We picked up Sebastian and Syrafina from school today and they played with Saiya all afternoon.  Saiya was a little apprehensive at first, but once I sat her down and showed her that they wanted to play with her, it was all good.  I had to explain that the toys she had were Syrafina's, not hers.  She is still in orphanage-mode when it comes to possession of toys.  When she thinks something is hers she will take it and sit on it so that the other kids wont take it from her.  I had to take some toys away from her and put them under Syrafina so that she understood that those belonged to her cousin.  After that, eveything was great and they played together.  I think we are finally figuring her our.  Maybe a little bit.

She is doing much better with Chris.  She loves to have him pick her up and swing her around.  Today, she even let him hold her hand at the grocery store and she let him push the shopping cart with her in it too.  Yesterday I sent Chris to the grocery store for some stuff for dinner and she sat in the kitchen and cried when he left.  I was a little shocked but diverted her attention towards helping me cook dinner.  When he got back, she had a big smile on her face and yelled, "BABA!!"  It was really sweet.

This weekend she will meet Chris's family.  She is doing so great with meeting new people.  She met my mother yesterday.  We went out to lunch and to the hardware store.  I think she got a little confused about who "Mama" was when we let her walk around the store with my mother, while Chris and I went to different departments.  I dont think we will let that happen again.  Poor thing.  Lots of new people in a short period of time.  She is good when we meet people and keep her close, but I think she just got a little confused because we let her and my mom wander without us.

It's definitely a learning process for all of us...