John and Kayla, meet Maryland steamed crabs…
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Day 56
Hayrides. Another first.
My Love/Hate Relationship with Adoption
I feel like an emotional ping pong ball lately. I am ecstatic at how well the big kids are doing but cry often when the weight of what they’ve endured to get here comes crashing down. And so it goes. Extreme joy to debilitating grief. I hate when a language gap the size of the...
Day 45
Patrick, his 3 college roomies and their families have not all been together in over 5 years. It was fun to catch up and see how we’ve all multiplied. Social situations are still the trickiest with John and Kayla but they are always champs and are ever so slowly beginning to get involved. Games and...
Day 44
Kayla and John met some of my dad’s side of the family today. One of whom is their great grandmother.
Day 29
When Kayla told us she loved to swim, she really meant she loved splashing in a shallow lake. Fortunately, after her first more legit swimming experience, she still like it 🙂 John has discovered yet another sport he enjoys. He persisted and almost learned how to swim on his first day. Kudos since he’d probably...
Day 27
First official game! We’re so proud of our starting forward!
Laughter and Bonding
A little over a week in and I can still say we’ve had pretty smooth sailing. As I listened to the 5 kids laugh until they cried last night in the back of the van, I realized how blessed we are to have kids with such great senses of humor. I’m going to go out...