Adjusting

We have been home a month, I can't believe it.  There are days where it feels like it has been much longer and other days where I would swear we just walked in the door.  The good news is we are all adjusting and most of the time it does not feel like we have a "visitor" but that V is a part of our family.  For an adoptive parent, that is a big step starting to feel like this is permanent.  For V, it will take much longer.  She has started talking about Russia all the time, it is part of most of her conversations.  I have been reminding her that this is home now, but I don't think she believes it.  She is starting to lay claim to her part in the family which makes me smile.  We are now "my mommy, my poppy, my Chase" and she has "my room" and "my boots".  There are times when she is so relaxed that I feel she has been here forever and then the scared child comes back out and I remember that although a month has gone by, that is such a small part of time in her last 5 and 1/2 years.