Libby had an appointment with our family physician yesterday which went well until she needed to get her immunizations and some blood work done. She was very cooperative, but obviously not thrilled about being poked with a needle. When they took blood from her the worker had to move the needle around quite a bit to find the vein. I felt so bad for Libby. By the time we got home she was exhausted. I sat her on the couch while I started to make lunch and she fell right asleep. She woke up happy from her nap, though. Our family doctor seemed pleased with how she's doing, but was a little concerned that she still has a decent sized soft spot on her head. He took some blood to check her thyroid function. I was a little surprised by her measurements yesterday. At almost 24 pounds I was expecting her to be a bigger percentile for her weight, but she was only the 33rd. I was also surprised that she was at the 40th percentile for height. I figured those 2 would be switched around.

As of yesterday we've had Libby for 3 weeks! Sometimes it seems longer than that because I can't imagine our family without her. We're very happy that she seems to be attaching to us fairly well, but we know we have still have a ways to go. She's also having some sleep problems that we need to get worked out. After she got over the jet lag she slept really well for 4 nights and we thought we had conquered that problem, but now we're having new issues. She doesn't want to sleep in her crib at all. The minute we put her down she starts screaming and crying and won't stop until we take her out again. Everything I've read about adopted children says that you should never leave an adopted child in a crib to "cry it out" so we won't do that. We've tried leaving her in the crib while we stay in the room with her so she knows we're there, but that doesn't help. Last night we broke down and put her in bed with us out of desperation. She did go to sleep, but she still kept waking up during the night crying. We were able to console her quickly, but I'd really prefer to not get into this habit of co-sleeping. I'm praying that God will give us wisdom to know how to deal with this situation. It's tricky because we don't know if the root of the problem is physical or emotional.

Regardless of the sleep issues, we are thrilled to have Libby as part of our family. Her personality is shining through more and more each day. She's becoming more comfortable with us and we're seeing more smiles and giggles.