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Wow! There is so much to report today. We are doing the listening program and when she has her headphones with music on, she is not allowed to be in front of a TV, computer or any screen at the same time. Her big sister came home and was doing something on the computer. I didn't set the timer for her music because I put it on right before we got in the car to pick her sister up. I made a phone call and forgot about the music. She was in the same room as her sister and the computer for about 30 minutes. When I discovered she was still listening, I told her she was finished and she said, "Now I can watch M on the computer!" What amazing self control she showed for such a long time. I am so incredibly proud of her, especially because the computer sucks her in.

So I discovered she had a fever today, I have no idea what is going on. She is acting normal and feeling fine. Hopefully it won't last or turn into something more. She happily did her exercises today, even with a long delay between activities. We started the fetals and for the 3rd day, she said, "I see the bubbles!" We high five and hug between exercises, and she said when we were hugging, "The heart shapes are coming out." She has said this before, it's not new, but it's a cute way of describing our love. Then she said we were full of heart shapes and they were knocking at the door. I asked her if she would let my heart shapes in and she said "YES!" I took that to mean she accepts my love, but maybe that's my version of things. I was thrilled to say the least. At the end of our sessions, we have 'tummy time' We lie skin to skin with our tummies touching. Today she asked why we do it. I told her to be close to one another and that we didn't get to do this when she a baby. She then said something random-"I ran around when I was in China" and jumped up and away from me. It was obviously hard for her.

*****tonight, S's sister went upstairs to her because I was cleaning up some dog barf, yuck! She said to her, "Did you know I lived in China for a long time? I lived in (she named the city). Wow, I'd love to know what she is thinking about. I made her a book that explains adoption. She loves for me to read it to her. It is personalized for her and with pictures of her nanny, her and us. This is why she knows the city.