So we finally finished the monitoring (and paying) of our adoption. The social worker Nicole visited Monday. She's so sweet and has been there for 3 visits, as well as our re-adoption day back in December. It's been awesome she was part of our journey.
The kids did great. Except for when Nathan was asked what he has taught Katelyn. And he lovingly replied "How to beat down Matt."
Just warmed my heart right?
Oh. My. Word.
The other funny moment was when Nicole commented on how much Katelyn has grown. She asked Katelyn "How tall ARE you?" Katelyn stood up and said "This tall?" lol
One interesting part was that during the visit, Katelyn was the opposite of shy. She suddenly was being funny, had a comment for most things, and was sitting on Andy's lap and mine, and being very loving. I didn't really thing about it at the time, but realized later why she was not being herself.
I asked her and she admitted, she was trying to make sure that Nicole could see how happy she is here. She's such a sweet girl, but also made me a little sad. I don't think we can ever tell her enough how much we love her and that she doesn't "earn" her way into our family. And no one, nobody, not even Nicole, can make her leave. I told her that if she had lost her mind and threw a big fit in front of Nicole...still nothing would happen. She laughed and said "Moooom, I would NOT do that!" :)
I explained again that Nicole was just checking in on her and writing a letter to the orphanage in Taiwan. I let her know the people there loved and liked her so much, they just want to know how she's doing. I also explained that Nicole's visit was NOT to see if she should stay.
I always genuinely feel that she understands that stuff when we talk about it, but I suppose she can never hear it enough.
