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I don't know if anyone is checking the blog any more since I haven't written for a week now, but I've heard that perhaps there may still be people checking up on Madison.

We are still trying to find food that she likes. Breakfast is no problem, she likes cold cereal, poptarts, eggs, toast with jelly, hash browns, and she even had oatmeal today (cinnamon roll flavor). Last night we had spaghetti. She just had the tomato sauce without meat on her pasta and ate it all. She didn't want seconds, but she ate three slices of garlic bread. We don't have any problems with desserts either, so obviously, she has a sweet tooth.

Tomorrow is Madison's 14th birthday. We are having a party at Godfather's in Shenandoah with mine and John's family. I hope she is not too overwhelmed, but she has met most of the people that will be there.

We took a tour of Madison's new school this afternoon. She didn't seem nervous and didn't have any questions afterward. We are starting her in 7th grade on Feb. 17, and she will go from 8 A.M. to 11 A.M. for the first couple of weeks before starting full-time. The majority of her time will be spent learning English. When she goes full-time, she will have art, band (hopefully), and keyboarding. At first Madison did not want to do band because she thought she'd have to sing, but we cleared that up real quick. I work with Madison's ELL teacher, Sonia, at the primary school, but she also works at the middle and high school. Fortunately, Sonia will be able to devote quite a bit of time to Madison each morning.

I just read this out loud to John and Madison heard her name and pointed to herself. I can't wait for the day that we can talk back and forth. I'm sure she looks forward to that day too when she can tell us how she's feeling, what she wants, etc.