First Meltdown

And it is from Shelby-not Faith. When we arrived in Guangzhou last night a whole lot of memories came flooding into my own brain. I can only imagine that some of these same memories must have come back to Shelby. We have always wondered how much Shelby remembers of China. I don't know of anyone personally or very many at all period who have brought back their adopted child so soon to China. So this was a wait and see run for us as we had no idea what to expect from Shelby.

Well I can tell you that she certainly remembers some things. When we went into the first squatty potty yesterday, she immediately held her arms up for me to hold her. She knew exactly what to do and how to do it in there. And trust me she hasn't seen one of those since we left China! Needless to say her mind was spinning last night by the time we sat down at Lucy's for dinner. She clung to me for dear life the rest of the evening. She barely sat in her chair to eat some dinner.

Now all of us adoptive parents know the difference between a regular normal child meltdown versus an adoption related meltdown. Well right after dinner, Shelby unfortunately went into full adoption related meltdown. She first took a bite out of Travis and then just melted. I left the restaurant by myself and took Travis and Shelby back to the hotel. By the time we made it to the room, she was just a big melted puddle. It was sad to see her this way as it has been a long time since she has had a meltdown. She cried herself to sleep :(

I know this is very tough on her and I am not naive about that. I don't really know how to help her deal with all the memories except for continue to show her unconditional love. Please pray for us today as her world will be completely rocked today as we meet her new sister for the first time.