What a difference a month makes

I can't believe that we have almost been home for a month.  Lauren has grown in leaps and bounds.  With each day, we see her confidence increasing.  She is much more steady on her feet and stands her on her own against Bali.  We are no longer worried about Bali knocking her off her feet.  We see the confidence level most evident when she goes to the playground.  In China she would only walk around and touch tentatively.  She now climbs, slides down, swings, and jumps!

Here she is on our last day in China: 

 And here she is this week in Long Beach: 

Her doctor called tonight.  The bloodwork has come back and all seems good.  We will not need to redo the immunizations as she shows enough immunity through the vaccine given in China.  She has also tested negative on all the other scary tests.  We have a healthy little girl!  Now if only she would start speaking!