This is my final week home. It hard to believe that Friday it will be 11 weeks since we brought our precious boy home. It has been such a joy to be home with him as long as I was able to. I feel like he turned a corner a few weeks ago and now really looks at John and me as 'mommy' and 'daddy'. There is just this different look in his eyes, its hard to explain. Those of you with adopted children probably know what I'm talking about. When he sees either one of use he just smiles and beams happiness!!!
He loves to play with this house. The picture above was him and I playing peek-a-boo through the door. One other thing he loves is Sesame Street. I try not to let him watch too much TV but when you have to get things done around the house there is nothing like putting him in his excusaucer and putting an educational show on. This day he just started cracking up at one of little sketches. So I played it over and over again just so I could hear him laugh.
He has also started to really walk. He took his first steps while we were in CT, it was very special that the grandparents were able to see this. Although my dad was on a trip, he did get to see a video of him. He is now all over the place, its rare that he is able to stay in one place for any period of time. On tuesday this week I went to Fair Oaks Mall and we went into their play area there. There is no more put him on the ground and be able to sit for a little while, nope he was all over the place, trying to climb up on thing like the big kids were doing.
We have quite a lot of changes coming up in the very near future. As John mentioned earlier there was a strong possibility that he would be offered a job and we would be moving to Seattle. Well that time has come or will be coming. John was offered a new job and has accepted. He officially starts on June 15th. Usually when things like this happen in his company the employee has to move within about a month. But since we are unable to move until Carter's adoption is finalized we will not be leaving VA until mid-September. We will be able to finalize Carter's adoption in CT which will be very special for all of us since that is where both John and I are from. The main agency (FCA) that works with the agency in Korea is based in CT. Carter just continues to be a blessing in our lives time and time again. If he wasn't here or his adoption already be finalized we would be moving sooner then later. But now we get to spend the entire summer in VA with our friends, and hopefully our families will take advantage of us being so close to DC and come to visit before we go. HEAR THAT FAMILY come visit before we move!!!!!
Carter will be attending a very good daycare. We stopped by on Monday afternoon so he could experience what its like to play with other babies. He did really well, I put him on the floor and he just started playing didn't even notice I was there. Today I will actually drop him off and leave for a little while. I'm sure this will be harder on me then it will on him. Then John and I will both drop him off on Friday and go have some adult time just the 2 of us. It will be the first time since he came home. Saturday night we will also have our first night out. Our good friends the Lopresti's will be watching him as we attend a 40th birthday party . It will be good for us to get out and enjoy each other again. Part of me is looking forward to this and the other part of me knows I will miss Carter so much I'm sure it wont be a very long night at all.
So that's it for now. I'll write again next week after I'm back at work.
