One month parentversary!
I see I haven't posted in a while. Yesterday was our one month anniversary of being legal parents (even though we've had him for slightly longer, the paperwork says the 11th)
So. Where to start.
Andrei is doing so well. He's probably adjusting quicker than we are. Being parents is.... different. Very different. It seems strange to plan my whole day around him and waht we can and can not do together. Brent and I used to go to movies, go out to eat, watch violent war movies, now we're staying home and watching ABC vidoes (actually Return of the Jedi right now - so that's better than cartoons). I could eat whenever I wanted, not make dinner if I didn't feel like it, take a nap in the middle of the day. Not any more. It's not bad. It's just different. Takes more thought and planning.
Actually with all of our problems in Moscow, I'm suprised we can leave the house at all. Yesterday we went to the store and he wanted some candy, but when I told him no, he cheerfully said 'ok' and we left. Ok, well it took a minute or so, but there was no tantruming. Being around lots of people still overstimulates him, but we were able to go to children's church last week without melting down last week. Hopefully tomorrow I won't have to bribe him out the door.
His eating is good. He eats almost everything we serve, at least a 'chu-chu' (little) bite. His favorite foods are french fries, apples, oranges, carrots, and ice cream.
He is so much of a boy it's shocking to me. I didn't have any brothers, so no experience in this realm. He loves Starwars, Avatar, and Spiderman and acts them all out. Right now is the big fight between Luke and Vader, and I can just see the excitement on his face - he keeps telling me to watch along. :) But he assures me that it ends okay.
His English is coming along well. He knows almost all of his flash cards, and we communicate well. We get our point across eventually. I think we might be at a little bit of a standstill at the moment because we do communicate so well. He has little incentive to learn more words. I could see how school might be a good thing in this situation, but he's definately not ready for 1st grade. I think if he had more friends he would want to talk more - his current best friend is two, so there's not much talking going on. Actually Moses has picked up some of Andrei's Russian.
I still have to find an attorney to do our readoption, but I don't get much time at the computer without Andrei bugging me to play his Diego game or Alphababy.
I feel okay about my role as a mother. It is strange, like I said, but I'm so glad he's here with us. He's very concerned hat we're with him all the time and he knows where we are. If one of us is working he talks to the other about us.
I don't have much else to say. Ask me some questions and I'll answer them :) I'll post some pics later when I get my camera cord.
So. Where to start.
Andrei is doing so well. He's probably adjusting quicker than we are. Being parents is.... different. Very different. It seems strange to plan my whole day around him and waht we can and can not do together. Brent and I used to go to movies, go out to eat, watch violent war movies, now we're staying home and watching ABC vidoes (actually Return of the Jedi right now - so that's better than cartoons). I could eat whenever I wanted, not make dinner if I didn't feel like it, take a nap in the middle of the day. Not any more. It's not bad. It's just different. Takes more thought and planning.
Actually with all of our problems in Moscow, I'm suprised we can leave the house at all. Yesterday we went to the store and he wanted some candy, but when I told him no, he cheerfully said 'ok' and we left. Ok, well it took a minute or so, but there was no tantruming. Being around lots of people still overstimulates him, but we were able to go to children's church last week without melting down last week. Hopefully tomorrow I won't have to bribe him out the door.
His eating is good. He eats almost everything we serve, at least a 'chu-chu' (little) bite. His favorite foods are french fries, apples, oranges, carrots, and ice cream.
He is so much of a boy it's shocking to me. I didn't have any brothers, so no experience in this realm. He loves Starwars, Avatar, and Spiderman and acts them all out. Right now is the big fight between Luke and Vader, and I can just see the excitement on his face - he keeps telling me to watch along. :) But he assures me that it ends okay.
His English is coming along well. He knows almost all of his flash cards, and we communicate well. We get our point across eventually. I think we might be at a little bit of a standstill at the moment because we do communicate so well. He has little incentive to learn more words. I could see how school might be a good thing in this situation, but he's definately not ready for 1st grade. I think if he had more friends he would want to talk more - his current best friend is two, so there's not much talking going on. Actually Moses has picked up some of Andrei's Russian.
I still have to find an attorney to do our readoption, but I don't get much time at the computer without Andrei bugging me to play his Diego game or Alphababy.
I feel okay about my role as a mother. It is strange, like I said, but I'm so glad he's here with us. He's very concerned hat we're with him all the time and he knows where we are. If one of us is working he talks to the other about us.
I don't have much else to say. Ask me some questions and I'll answer them :) I'll post some pics later when I get my camera cord.
Labels: Andrei
posted by Tracy at 5:19 PM
3 Comments:
Has anyone that doesn't know you asked a stupid question? What I mean is, lots of adoptive parents get questions about why you don't know what your kid likes, or if you think he wants to go back or whatever. I'm sure the people who do know you ask stupid questions, but thankfully you forgive us, right? =) The other questions I always ask people are the same. What's the best part? What's the worst part? Most interesting? Be honest...there has to be a 'worst' part! As an outsider, it's all interesting to us...but we might not get to see the hard parts. If I think of more, I'll write later...
Okay here are some questions....
- Does Andrei love to be outside and beg you to go out all the time or can he be amused indoors?
- Have you officially started school? Do you have a set amount of time your spend on school everyday or are you waiting until his language is all caught up? I'm totally curious about this. Do you have to register somewhere as being a homeschooler so nobody thinks your kid is just chronically truant? :) Do homeschooled kids have to take year end exams to make sure the parent is actually teaching them something?
That's all I can think of for now.... :)
Congratulations!! I'm just so amazed at how well you're doing! ...which isn't to minimize the transition or the tough times. It just sounds really good. Blessings on you & your family!!
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