It was very upsetting for Tim and I. Now we're wondering what we could have done differently to avoid her having to ride the emotional roller-coaster right along with us. We hardly ever talk about the girls to the babies. We do have photos here and there. They have seen the videos. They have been told we are leaving to visit Georgia and Talley. But we really don't talk about them very much. In fact, it seems like the kids talk about the girls more than we do. Should we have never said a thing about them until they were coming home? Never shared photos or videos? Then again, they would have been shocked to suddenly have these new sisters without any preparation. I do not know what the answer is. Maybe we have handled the situation just fine, and simply have a super-sensitive little girl, who can't wait to have sisters to play with? I do not like Claire being sad about her sisters, though. The other night I downloaded the video from our September trip, because I wanted to video Claire singing "Happy Birthday" to herself. She was hugely fascinated by video of Talley. In fact, after seeing one segment of Georgia, she seemed satisfied; but could not get enough of Talley. She wanted to watch the same clips over and over. I said to her once, "That's your baby sister Talley," and from then on, she kept saying, "That's my baby sistuh!" with such pride. I love how compassionate she is, but I do not want the next however many months to be tainted with her anticipation of them coming home. It's hard enough to deal with it as an adult; knowing what all is entailed. I can't imagine how confusing this must be for Claire and Ezra (he often asks if he can go play at Georgia's house). I am so looking forward to the girls being home, our adopting days being over, and getting down to the business of living.

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