Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Day 2 and 3

Day 2
We spent the morning with the boys at the TH. My mom kept Jacob (in the Ergo, so the nannies couldn't scare him) out of our sight, so he had a much better day. That allowed Brad and I to spend all morning with Kaleb and Isaiah. We played soccer, volleyball, and chased them around. Kaleb is quick, we can't let him out of our sight for a second :) Kaleb thought it was really fun to climb into David's van *our driver). He thought he was hot stuff when he was sitting on the seats. I got to feed Kaleb some mushy food again, he won't sit on my lap to eat, but he at least let me feed him. i tried to give him some fruit snacks, but he had a hard time chewing them. All of his food is mashed up, he never has to chew. He has thrown a few fits when he doesn't get his way. When it was time to take him back to his room when we were leaving he threw a huge fit. I wish I could say it was because he wanted to stay with me, but I know it was that he didn't want to go into his room. He loves to be outside and having freedom.
This afternoon we went to the post office area for some shopping. We didn't even buy anything, ha! I felt too rushed. We want to go back and get some special things for Kaleb and Isaiah, but we have plenty of time for that. We ate dinner at the guest house and tried to go to sleep kind of early. I have been having trouble sleeping, like only getting about 2 hours each night since we left home. Jacob has been sleeping great at night, but not much a nap since we are out and about.

Day 3
Today we spent the morning at the TH again. Kaleb sat on my lap to eat today! He really seems to care less about us but he loves attention from anyone. This bonding is going to be a challenge. Isaiah had fun using our camera to take some pictures. He loves any chance to play soccer (football as he calls it) or just to talk to us. We found out that he had to go to court when his birthdad did a couple of weeks ago. Through a translator, he didn't seem too affected by it. Anytime we try to ask him how he feels about something, he always replies that he doesn't care, whatever makes us happy will make him happy. He is such a pleaser. Jacob played with Isaiah a little bit today. Isaiah thought it was cool when Jacob would pound it with his fists. Jacob even let Isaiah hold him for about 2 minutes today. We are making progress! Isaiah is such a good big brother to both boys. He shares all of his snacks and food with both of them (and us). He always watches for them on the stairs, etc. It is sweet to see. We met with the Doctor at the TH today. No big surprises, most of it we knew.
We also got to take pictures for other families today. It has been such a gift to us when we received pictures from others, I was happy to pay that gift forward!

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