I was thinking back to those first couple days that we had you. You were sick and I was a nervous wreck. You let me hold you and care for you until you were feeling a little better, then you wanted BaBa. For some reason, you formed an immediate bond with Zach, but you were not so sure about me just yet. You continued to let me meet your needs in the room, but when we went out you wanted your BaBa. I can see now how very stressed you were in those first couple days, how brave you were to let us dress for you, bath you, change you, feed you. We were strangers to you. You were well prepared by some wonderful people in the orphanage. We could tell that you knew exactly what was going on. You knew we were going to be your mom and dad. You had also been well prepared for the plane ride and were very excited about it! I would love to thank those wonderful people someday that did such a good job of preparing you for us. I could tell they loved you and wanted to make your transition as easy as possible. That is a precious gift that they gave us that I will always treasure.
Thinking back to some of the things I was worried about in those first couple days; I was worried that you would not like your brother and sisters. You had no desire to Facetime them from China. You would turn your back and want me to turn off the ipad. I have no idea why you did that except that sometimes their facetime would interrupt a game you were playing. That worry went away quickly, within the first couple hours of our coming home, you and all your siblings were racing scooters, plasma cars, and tricycles in the driveway. Now that is not to say that everything has been rosey in the sibling department, but you love having brothers and sisters and I am so thankful for that. I had also been totally prepared to have car seat issues. I had been warned that you might hate your car seat! Actually, as long as we are playing Veggie Tales The Legend of Little Joe, over and over and over you are fine. Sorry kiddos, I can quote the movie too, but it is better than screaming!
So one month together and what are you doing? You are talking up a storm! Oh my goodness, you love to talk. You are so excited about every new English word you learn and say it ALL day long. You want to help me do EVERYTHING. You want to start the washer, dryer, dishwasher, & microwave. This includes every detail of starting all these appliances. You want to help me cook, you have also learned to operate the mixer quite well--even if there is nothing to mix. You are fascinated with the vacuum cleaner. One day you went all over the floor with the suction hose and screamed with delight every time you would suck up a piece of trash. Believe me, that might keep you entertained for a year if you see the condition of my floors. You love to flush the commode, turn on the sink, and let the water out of the tub. Speaking of the tub, you love a bath. You would take several a day if I would let you. You have become quite the TV bug, two of your favorites are Mickey Mouse Club House and Chuggington.
After being with you for one month we are just barely beginning to see your real personality come through. You are quite a passionate little man. When you laugh it is that deep laugh that comes from somewhere in that belly and the whole house can hear it. You are a laughing, smiling, fun-loving kid, when you are happy everyone knows it. When you get upset you tend to put up walls and push everyone away. Mama has to work really hard to get you to open back up, you are protecting yourself by being angry. We are all getting to know each other and learning more and more as the days go by.
In many ways it seems like you have been with us much longer than a month, but when I think back and compare those first couple days to a month home, I realize there is so much we still don't know about you. I am so thankful I get a lifetime to get to know you. I can't wait to see new things I will be blogging about next month! Happy One Month, Miles! We can't imagine life without you.
2 comments:
This was beautiful Mandy. Thanks for sharing your journey. It's a story worth telling.
Thanks for sharing Mandy, Alyssa had asked me if you were staying home with Miles for awhile to help him adjust, I guessed you were. We understand about the angry part, we saw that with one of ours as well. It took a lot of time, patience and love. Occasionally, we still see it but in different ways. Hang in there, the best is yet to come!!
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