We have made it home. We enjoyed our three weeks in China, but we are all very thankful to be home. Life in China was different and now we have to adjust the boys to our schedule and life. They seem to be doing really well. Alec and Adelaide have become friends and AC and Anderson are buddies. Anderson has quickly attached to me as he wants me to hold him all the time and carry him instead of walking. On the other hand, Alec is such a big boy and he loves to play with John and Ayden sports outside. We are all still very tired from the time zone change and I 've been told it will take around 2 weeks for us to get back on track. I hope that we adjust quickly and that we can get a good nights rest. Anderson was in an orphanage and was given milk in the middle of the night. This is a very bad habit that we are trying to break as we don't want his teeth to rot out of his mouth. I have been working on it for a couple of weeks now and it is still a big issue. He gets up around midnight every night and screams for milk. Luckily, my children have a great pediatrician who has given me tips for helping him through this. On the other hand, Alec is a great sleeper and will lay down and not get up until I go in his room in the morning.
We were told that both boys were deaf. Now, we have hope as the baby can hear what we say and is repeating words and phrases. We have a doctors appointment for later this month and hope to find out to what extent he is deaf. Our older son is deaf and we are teaching him sign language as he did not have any language to communicate before us. He has caught on to some words and uses them such as "thank you" "sorry" "good" "I like" I don't like".
Both boys are super cute and sweet. We just love them so much and enjoy getting to know them. We feel so blessed to have them as sons. Also, we are so thankful to all the people who have helped us in this journey. So many people have helped us in different ways and we are so thankful for the support. We know without you this would not have happened so quickly. Thank you!
