Here are a some pictures of the boys:
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Update
We are in a groove! Life has seemed to settle in to a new normal and it is wonderful. We have figured out how to get up and dressed in the morning with everyone fed and happy, I almost think we are more efficient in the mornings then when we just had 2 kids. The boys are adjusting great to being surrounded by animals and brothers and a sister and new faces. They love to explore inside and outside and they love the water. They are both finally on a more normal sleeping schedule and are on the mend from RSV. Xander has an appointment at the Scottish Rite in October and Parker's appointment is in December.
Here are a some pictures of the boys:
Here are a some pictures of the boys:
Saturday, September 1, 2012
HOME!!!
We were so excited to walk through our door!! It was fantastic to finally bring the boys into our house and just relax! We drove up and found an awesome banner on our garage door from our youth group at church. You guys are my favorite!! Then we walked in the kitchen and found welcome home signs from our fantastic friends the Mertz family, along with brownies...yum! And our freezer had a dinner from the amazing Stern family. Have I mentioned how much we love our friends? I can't even find the words to explain how completely loved all of our friends and family have made us feel throughout this entire journey. Thank you doesn't seem like a big enough statement to express the gratitude we feel for all of your love and support.
So we arrived home and all of the kids went immediately into a bath to get the travel funk off. Then Andersen had 2 long awaited peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Paige had cheese! (Cheese was very hard to come by in China) Then we had to head out the door to the kids school where their teachers were sweet enough to let us come to the school at the end of the day and let the kids see their classrooms and drop off their school supplies. Then we headed back home and did our best to stay awake past 5:00...we lost that battle.
We decided the only way we were going to keep everyone awake would be to get out of the house so we ran a couple of errands and then returned home and were all in bed and asleep by 7.
The boys had a rough time sleeping. Parker might have slept better if Xander would not have screamed from 2:45am until 5:30am. But the next morning Andersen and Paige were up and ready for their first day of school!
They had a great day and school and were glad to see all of their friends again. Andersen's friends had so many questions that his teacher had him stand at the front of the class and answer all of their questions about his trip.
The boys had a rough morning but after their naps in the afternoon they were full of smiles. They are even enjoying Kirby (our dog) and Parker even spoon fed her from the table during dinner last night. Kirby was in heaven and I'm sure was not excited that we told Parker that the doggy does not get to eat at the table.
We are looking forward to our weekend with no appointments or schedules!
So we arrived home and all of the kids went immediately into a bath to get the travel funk off. Then Andersen had 2 long awaited peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and Paige had cheese! (Cheese was very hard to come by in China) Then we had to head out the door to the kids school where their teachers were sweet enough to let us come to the school at the end of the day and let the kids see their classrooms and drop off their school supplies. Then we headed back home and did our best to stay awake past 5:00...we lost that battle.
We decided the only way we were going to keep everyone awake would be to get out of the house so we ran a couple of errands and then returned home and were all in bed and asleep by 7.
The boys had a rough time sleeping. Parker might have slept better if Xander would not have screamed from 2:45am until 5:30am. But the next morning Andersen and Paige were up and ready for their first day of school!
They had a great day and school and were glad to see all of their friends again. Andersen's friends had so many questions that his teacher had him stand at the front of the class and answer all of their questions about his trip.
The boys had a rough morning but after their naps in the afternoon they were full of smiles. They are even enjoying Kirby (our dog) and Parker even spoon fed her from the table during dinner last night. Kirby was in heaven and I'm sure was not excited that we told Parker that the doggy does not get to eat at the table.
We are looking forward to our weekend with no appointments or schedules!
Location:Flower Mound,United States
Travel Adventures Wrap Up
The kids all did great on the flight after the long delay in Hong Kong. We were able to reserve seats that had bassinets for the boys (I didn't even know those existed!) so they slept for the majority of the 4 hour flight as did Andersen, Paige and James. When we arrived in Korea we found out that our next flight was also delayed but only for an hour and a half so we found a good play area for the kids, had some lunch and just enjoyed stretching our legs.
Then it was time to board the looong flight home. The kids all did great on this flight also! Andersen and Paige started off the flight watching a couple of movies and then enjoyed some naps and other activities the rest of the time. The boys, napped, played and ate their way through the 13 hour flight. James and I tried really hard to avoid prolong crying from either of the boys because the flight attendants with this airline come running (almost literally) at the first sign of any baby noise. They come ready to "help" by making faces and noises at your baby and trying to reach to take them from you if they are not quieting quickly enough. They stay at your seat until your baby is calmed just in case you need them. We watched them do it on all of the other flights with other babies so we tried really hard to make sure they didn't camp out with us :-)
We were relieved to arrive back in Dallas and after a little slow down processing adoption paperwork in immigration we were greeting by the most awesome friends and family anyone could ask for. They made us banners and came to welcome our family home, we felt completely surrounded by love.
I didn't have any extra hands to get my camera out to take extra pictures of everyone who came so I don't have any to post. But here is a picture of our wonderful send off to China. The day we left for China we walked out our front door to find our fantastic friends the Mayes family, standing with signs and waving pom poms...how great are all of our friends?!!
Then it was time to board the looong flight home. The kids all did great on this flight also! Andersen and Paige started off the flight watching a couple of movies and then enjoyed some naps and other activities the rest of the time. The boys, napped, played and ate their way through the 13 hour flight. James and I tried really hard to avoid prolong crying from either of the boys because the flight attendants with this airline come running (almost literally) at the first sign of any baby noise. They come ready to "help" by making faces and noises at your baby and trying to reach to take them from you if they are not quieting quickly enough. They stay at your seat until your baby is calmed just in case you need them. We watched them do it on all of the other flights with other babies so we tried really hard to make sure they didn't camp out with us :-)
We were relieved to arrive back in Dallas and after a little slow down processing adoption paperwork in immigration we were greeting by the most awesome friends and family anyone could ask for. They made us banners and came to welcome our family home, we felt completely surrounded by love.
I didn't have any extra hands to get my camera out to take extra pictures of everyone who came so I don't have any to post. But here is a picture of our wonderful send off to China. The day we left for China we walked out our front door to find our fantastic friends the Mayes family, standing with signs and waving pom poms...how great are all of our friends?!!
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