First Week Home

WHEW! Where do I start?

It's been a while since I've posted so let me catch you up. On Thursday, Joshua started "waving bye-bye" & "giving five". He likes "low fives"; won't give a "high five" yet. Emalee Grace went to a roller skating birthday party Thursday afternoon so Joshua & I decided to tag along. It was our first outing other than to the MD & to get Caleb's haircut. He was good & seemed to enjoy it. He ate Cheerios & watched the girls skate. He was awake from 2pm - 8pm that afternoon which is the longest he has been awake @ a time yet! Needless to say, he slept well that night! On Friday, we took him to TC Thompson Children's Hospital to have blood drawn. He has to be tested for all kinds of diseases which he has already done & all were negative, but that was in Korea & he has to be tested in the US- just part of all international adoptions. He was brave & took it like a champ. Poor lil guy was wiped out Friday night! After skipping his afternoon nap, he went to bed at 6:15pm & slept until 9:00am!!! I was missing him Friday evening! I didn't realize when I put him down that I wouldn't see him again until morning. He stayed up this morning & is now taking an afternoon nap. So glad he's awake more during the day now! He's coming out of his shell & has even more personality!! He's such a fun little guy & we are soaking up every second with him!

Gotcha Day pics!

Joshua update

Father's Day was a great day. Lots of sweet time for Joshua & daddy. They started out the morning having a little breakfast on the back deck. We decided to wait another week before taking him to church. He's seen so many new faces over the last week!! Scott's parents came by for lunch & spent a little time with him, then just the 5 of us went to the pumpkin patch. He enjoyed the swings & sand box. He was exhausted when we got home & went to bed @ 7:15 after a nice warm bath.
On Monday morning, I actually got about an hour with him all by myself! I haven't had that yet. We played peek a boo & patty cake, read books, & snuggled. Only for an hour though, he had to go back down for a nap. He is still so tired. He slept 10am - 1pm, then rode out to Lookout Valley with me to meet my cousin Melissa. She lives in Illinois & was on her way to Atlanta. She brought me another car seat, a pac n play, umbrella stroller, lots of books & toys, Bjorn baby carrier, a grocery cart protector. Joshua & I hit the jackpot!! Thanks Melissa!! Of course when we got back home, he went down for another nap & slept 3:45 - 6:45. He ate mashed potatoes & green beans for dinner when he woke up. He loved them!! He made a huge mess & had so much fun eating them. Then, of course, bath & back to bed. He slept 9:30pm- 5:45am when he woke up & Scott gave him a bottle. They snuggled & talked a little while, then he went back to sleep until 8:30am. Not sure what all is store for today- so far he's had Cheerios & yogurt for breakfast, then, you guessed it, back to bed! (after a little play time first)