Update on Sleep & Friendship

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I'll start with an update on our sleeping. Kalysta still wakes up many nights screaming. Please pray for her fears to go away. It's not every night and she usually calms down and falls back to sleep quickly when Nick goes in to her, but of course, we don't like to see her so frightened.

Many people have asked us how they can help during this time of transition. We really appreciate that, but it's hard to know how to answer sometimes. We have come up with one answer, though. You can help by just being our friends. If you don't live near us, send us an e-mail. That will really encourage us. If you live here, invite us to do something. Focusing so much on training and bonding with our new daughters/sisters can be isolating and it all is very tiring, so we don't have the energy to initiate much ourselves yet. Spending time with us in adult conversation and/or playing with us would be a wonderful gift.