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Saturday, December 5, 2009

We are all home and doing great!

Well, if you haven’t guessed I have been REALLY busy! But I am enjoying every minute of the craziness! I do want to share about my trip sometime but today I am giving some little updates on the family. Ian and Chad have adjusted amazingly well. They have been home for 2 ½ weeks and it seems like they have been here forever. Chad sleeps all night. He has not woke up once : ) Ian on the other hand wakes up twice and sometimes has a hard time falling back to sleep. I can’t wait for the day that he sleeps all night! I am still pretty exhausted. I feel like I haven’t quite recovered from our trip. Or maybe I am just to old to have toddlers again!


They have visited the pediatrician and both appear to be in really good health. Chad has started walking from person to person! This is a big step for him! Ian began crawling 2 minutes later! The competition between brothers begins!

Ian is the most easy going child (except at night). He just takes everything in. He enjoys bouncing on your lap and speaks a lot of baby talk and boy can he smile. Chad is quite the character! He is a big ham! He loves to be the center of attention. He gets pretty upset when people in Walmart do not notice him. He will start yelling “Yo Papa!“ or “Yo Mama!“ Which basically means “Hey you!“ in Lingala. He is speaking so much English already. He has almost stopped using all of his Lingala, even though we have encouraged him to keep using it. Our family has always said “ByeYo” (bye in Lingala), but Chad decided he now says, “See ya!” We are hoping to meet up soon with a lady from Bloomington that we met in the DRC. She speaks fluent Lingala and is excited about helping Chad keep his native language and help the rest of us learn more.

Livia is such a little mommy. Bottles, rocking, diapers, the girl does it all! She can’t stand to see them cry, whine or be unhappy. She is going to spoil them rotten! Parker loves his new brothers. Chad and him play a lot. Ian loves to kiss Parker more than anyone else. It is so sweet to see! Parker has been a little kiss shy (except with mommy and daddy) since he started school. But he loves Ian’s kisses slobber and all!

I am still trying to get into a routine and figuring out how to do everything with babies on my hips. Slings are a wonderful thing! I recommend the K-Tan sling to everyone who has little ones who need to be held. But I am soooooo happy and love having little babies again! I am not taking time to proof read this (to much laundry to do), so please ignore the mistakes!

Here are a few pictures and I promise it won’t be so long before I write next time!


Here are a few pictures of us at the airport.  Finally we are all together!






Chad being a ham at Thanksgiving!



Ian finally decides he likes food!



Three of my four boys enjoying the hot tub.


4 comments:

  1. Your family is so beautiful and we have absolutley loved following your journey. All the best to you!

    P.S. I'm crossing my fingers for you - hoping Ian starts sleeping through the night! Mamas need their rest! :)

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  2. Your boys are just gorgeous!!! I imagine that Ian will start sleeping better when his little body has gotten its fill of American formula. Haven sleeps like a rock (and weighs as much as a boulder!!!). We are so happy for those little darlings to finally be home in your arms!

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  3. We are so incredibly happy for you all! Glad that everyone is adjusting well. All of your children are just gorgeous. Take care of yourself mama!

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  4. Glad to hear your update! and that things are going well! It was great to see some pictures. Take care, rest when you can and what in the world is up with all of this laundry?? I'm always washing! ha!

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