6-Months Home and Nearly 1-Year-Old

As of today, we have been home with Abraham for 6-months! Time is such a strange creature for in some ways it has gone so quickly, and yet, I can hardly remember what life was like before his arrival into our family.

I've read several blog posts recently about how difficult adoption can be, what a hard time some moms are having adjusting to their new little one(s)...and I don't want to minimize those experiences because I know those moms have written from their hearts. But, for me, "being real" about welcoming Abe into our family means telling you that it has been an incredibly easy transition for me. Though many warned that I might not "feel love" for Abraham right away, I haven't found that to be the case at all. I look at him and everything about him seems right, familiar, desirable, like I just know he is mine. Now maybe it's just because he's a singleton, not twins like I'm used to, or maybe it's because he really is a pretty laid back kiddo/good sleeper/good eater, but I can honestly say that I haven't had any negative feelings surrounding his arrival into our family. That might sound untruthful, but I'm telling you - it's true! (Of course, the arrival of Baby #4 in August might not go so smoothly...but we'll take that as it comes!)

In only 10 days, Abraham will be a year old! He is so close to walking, has 3 (almost 4) teeth, loves clapping and cheering for himself (he makes a sound that sounds like "Yyyyyaaaaayyyy"), he loves playing "SO big" and raising his hands in the air. He really dislikes having his nose wiped, and anytime I leave the room for a minute. He sleeps 12 hours at night, and is still taking 2 good naps for me in the daytime. We're down to 3 bottles a day; his favorite foods are bananas, green beans, and crackers, oh, and daddy's pancakes! Ev and Syl are such good big sisters to him, though Sylvie did say the other day, "Mom, I hope our new baby in your tummy is a girl baby." And I asked, "Why's that, Sylvie?" She said, "Because girl babies aren't so loud and fussy as boys!" HA. I tried to explain that wasn't necessarily true, but I'm pretty sure she didn't believe me. :)

Also, good news: In our state, an adopted child has to be living in his/her adoptive family's home for 6-months before re-adoption can occur. We have contacted an attorney, and have a meeting with him in the coming weeks. So, hopefully we'll have a court date in the next month or two, and can complete this last step in the adoption process. We do have one more post-placement visit with our social worker this summer too, but after that, we will be done and all will be finalized. :)

I'll leave you with a few new photos...




"SO big!!!"



Sylvie (L) and Evelyn (R), bundled up for some winter playtime



SO handsome!



Abe and Daddy are headed out to play too!