On Monday we celebrated E 6th birthday! He had requested McDonalds, homemade pizza and cake. All things we could handle from here to make a 6 year olds birthday wonderful. We have all decided that McDonalds taste better in South Africa. The kids get more french fries and the strawberry milkshake is MUCH more strawberrieee. E was perfectly content to spend the day by the pool with his new brother to celebrate his day. On our home days E spends on average 4 hours in the water. Swimming is one of his favourite activities.
Thank you to all in Canada that sent birthday greetings to him. No one has ever had so many birthday songs sung to them to celebrate their big day. Was extra special for all!
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| A great 6th birthday! |
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| Thanks Richard! |
We are now 2 days into full days of S visiting our home and each day he continues to get more comfortable with us. We have figured out some triggers(saying "bye" causes him to tear up every time?). He now tolerates "Dada" in the same room and even gave him a couple smiles and S like faces. A BIG victory was the car ride home today, no tears at all! Arrived back at the baby home for his bath and tuck in with a smile on his face. Ahhh, does all our hearts good! Huge thank you for all your prayers, I never expected this much progress from the hysterical little boy after our car ride on that first day. He continues to express himself more in leaps and bounds each day. He is a huge talker and quite the jokester. So fascinating to pick up on his little personality as we get to know him more.
As we do our best to limit the crying and trauma, napping in a completely new location for the first time in his life can be a struggle. Mom's lap is his home for now and there is really no better place at this time for him to rest. . .we have years to create other routines.
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