April
Well, April is here (practically half over actually) so another month drifting by. I wish I could say flying by, but even with all the busy-ness I have surrounded myself with time is still just drifting. We did hear some exciting news from our agency. 3 families in the waiting children program (requested specific older children to adopt) have been invited to travel by the middle of May. That's huge progress in timing and has a lot to do with the new director's communication with Thailand. Hopefully by our next update she'll have some news for the TRC families in terms of wait times and anticipated referrals.
We are meeting up with local families who have adopted from Thailand on Saturday. It's going to be a great experience for Ian and for us. Plus good networking and potential friend-making oppritunities.
My sister, Donna was here for a visit with her baby, Faren, and husband, David. It was great but I could really see the effect of having another baby in the house on Ian. He was just not himself after nearly a week of sharing his toys, Bubbie, and mommy with others. Today we had a little talk about when his brother comes home and how that's forever. I think he understood (a little) of what we were trying to say. He asked questions back, which was a good sign, about where his brother was now and why he was there. He answered the first part himself when prompted - remembering Thailand to be the correct answer. He still doesn't really understand what that means. I'm hoping to get him a large map for his wall - which would be cool anyway - to help him visualize as he gets older. He's already 3 - and will probably be 4 by the time we travel. The timeline is still wearing a little thin when I focus on it for too long - but I try to just live life and wait - and think happy thoughts. Anyway - now I know that every so often we'll have to talk about sharing his parents and grandparents with his brother (and his toys) and what that means. He's smart and will catch on - although I'm not dumb and know it's hard enough on the kid when your pregnant much less this abstract concept of adoption.
A work in progress - we'll just keep learning new things as well go, and realizing more things we need to prepare ourselves and Ian for.
We are meeting up with local families who have adopted from Thailand on Saturday. It's going to be a great experience for Ian and for us. Plus good networking and potential friend-making oppritunities.
My sister, Donna was here for a visit with her baby, Faren, and husband, David. It was great but I could really see the effect of having another baby in the house on Ian. He was just not himself after nearly a week of sharing his toys, Bubbie, and mommy with others. Today we had a little talk about when his brother comes home and how that's forever. I think he understood (a little) of what we were trying to say. He asked questions back, which was a good sign, about where his brother was now and why he was there. He answered the first part himself when prompted - remembering Thailand to be the correct answer. He still doesn't really understand what that means. I'm hoping to get him a large map for his wall - which would be cool anyway - to help him visualize as he gets older. He's already 3 - and will probably be 4 by the time we travel. The timeline is still wearing a little thin when I focus on it for too long - but I try to just live life and wait - and think happy thoughts. Anyway - now I know that every so often we'll have to talk about sharing his parents and grandparents with his brother (and his toys) and what that means. He's smart and will catch on - although I'm not dumb and know it's hard enough on the kid when your pregnant much less this abstract concept of adoption.
A work in progress - we'll just keep learning new things as well go, and realizing more things we need to prepare ourselves and Ian for.
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