Slowly but surely, we are learning the two-kid dance, but we’re stumbling amateurs compared to all of our veteran friends and family. As an engineer friend told us, “adding kids isn’t linear, it’s log-rhythmic”!
Sam is doing amazingly well – he seems to change every day. He’s a happy, animated little fellow, eats like a horse and is curious about everything. Commando crawling is his locomotion of choice, and we’re working with him to learn how to crawl on his knees. He is also starting to pull up and hold on in a standing position. He loves to swing, jump and get baths – making sure more water winds up on the floor and on Mommy than is left in the tub. :-)
Lily Grace is tolerating Sam a little better each day, tells her classmates in pre-school how much she loves him (he’s great in theory), and is working through this “sharing Mommy and Daddy” thing. Her role playing now routinely involves little brothers and sisters, as do her favorite books to read at bedtime.
We thought you’d enjoy seeing some pictures from Sam’s first bath (we started him out in the sink), and how Lily Grace responded to that:
We hope each of you are enjoying springtime and are looking forward to the end of school and summer days ahead.
Steve & Tonya
Sam is doing amazingly well – he seems to change every day. He’s a happy, animated little fellow, eats like a horse and is curious about everything. Commando crawling is his locomotion of choice, and we’re working with him to learn how to crawl on his knees. He is also starting to pull up and hold on in a standing position. He loves to swing, jump and get baths – making sure more water winds up on the floor and on Mommy than is left in the tub. :-)
Lily Grace is tolerating Sam a little better each day, tells her classmates in pre-school how much she loves him (he’s great in theory), and is working through this “sharing Mommy and Daddy” thing. Her role playing now routinely involves little brothers and sisters, as do her favorite books to read at bedtime.
We thought you’d enjoy seeing some pictures from Sam’s first bath (we started him out in the sink), and how Lily Grace responded to that:
We hope each of you are enjoying springtime and are looking forward to the end of school and summer days ahead.
Steve & Tonya
4 comments:
Sam is precious!
I heard Steve was on the flight home with my friends Casey and TJ. How crazy for two adopting Nashville families to fly home together all the way from Frankfurt!
Hope things are going well for you guys... We expect to travel in Sept/Oct.
You can keep up with our process at www.lifewiththephillips.blogspot.com
"Theory" is a good and typical way to assimilate a new sibling. When my sister was born, she was a big baby (10 lb 6 oz) and my dad told me, "She's a butterball." Imagine my dismay when, instead of bringing home a Thanksgiving turkey, they came home from the hospital with a screaming baby girl.
It is so good to hear that Sam is acclimating to his new life with his new family. He definately has a precisous smile, which is such a relief after knowing how hard this has been for all.
I love your description of his crawling because our grandson, Michael, "comando crawled" I just didn't know what to call it. It was the strangest thing I had ever seen but he could win a race with one knee bent and scooting somehow. Don't worry if he never masters the knee crawl because he will be walking before you know it. Maybe that is the comando in the crawl! Lily Grace sounds like she is quietly warming up to be his little protector, yea! God Bless you all and keep you and welcome to the world of chaos, it lasts for at least 19-20 years!! Love, Susan
Love the pics of Lily Grace giving her baby a bath as Tonya gives Sam a sink bath! Thanks for sharing these everyday kind of glimpses into your wonderful family's life.
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