10 Days

Adrian

It's been 10 days since little man joined us here on the outside, and we love him more every day. The girls come into our room every morning and look for him and give him kisses every night before bed. It's gotten easier to get them to leave the park, or other places because I tell them that Adrian has to go home because he's getting hungry. Claire didn't like seeing his umbilical cord and kept asking if it was gone, then when it finally was she had to see if he had a normal belly button. I saw his first smile this morning before we had church and my heart melted, but unfortunately, I didn't have my phone ready and went back to his wiggly curious face. He is usually very calm if he's sitting in my lap, he hates his diaper being changed and doesn't like the swing for very long. I can usually get a little chore done before he gets too mad especially since his binky doesn't calm him for long. We had our first day at church, a new ward where we were meeting a lot of new people, and of course, everyone was impressed to see him.

Claire

When she went back to school on Tuesday she told me her teacher wanted a picture of her new brother to show off to the class. She was so happy she got to share what I emailed the next day and said everyone thought he was so small! She doesn't ask to hold him as much as the first few days because they have to sit still and he's not very exciting I guess.  They did ask when he would play with them and I had to explain he needs to grow up a little before he gets playful. I tried to explain that we would play baby games first and they would have to help him learn to crawl and then walk. They also like to ask if things used to be theirs when they were a baby like the nursing covers I still have, the few baby toys I have for him, and other little things. 

Shay

She is asking almost every day if her birthday is tomorrow and I will be so excited this Thursday to be able to say yes! We got to meet new church friends and invited a few to her party, and then we have family coming into town so I hope she feels extra-extremely special. She also has the longest list of things she wants for her birthday that I have to keep saying, "Didn't you want..." and she will go, "Oh yeah, maybe I can have it for my next birthday." I hope she is happy with what we get her and doesn't think about all she's not getting, I doubt she will remember all of the things she sees at the store and wants! This weekend we made a trip to DI which is really exciting for the girls because they can spend their own money. Then we had lunch at Chick-fil-A and it was busy, but the girls are good listeners now.