So, I can finally say it. Starting this month our lil' E-man will have been with us longer than he was without us. It's a big moment for me as an adoptive mom because I don't know, maybe it just makes me feel like he has to have the understanding by now that we will never leave him. Ever.
So, what's he doing?
-WALKING! He'll take as many as about 5-6 steps in a row. But now he will only do it when he wants to, not per our request, it's kinda funny how you see a little "sassy-ness" starting to develop with him over this.
-He's got 2 teeth and another 2 are making their way through. He eats so much better now that he has some teeth, it's great.
-He seems to have developed his own little language that he thinks we fully understand. It goes something like this, "Ba Ba, AHHHHHHHH, Da, DeDeDeDe, Ma, AHHHHHHHH, Ba" And yes, those are screams in there.
-He has fallen in love with the "tubby" and he thinks it is such fun to splash the water.
-He's still absolutely obsessed with shoes. I'm not kidding, like I'm starting to think it will be the theme of his first birthday party because he's so interested in them. He'll literally crawl like a mad man across the room to get to a pair of them. Would a shoe-themed 1st Birthday Party be strange for a little boy? LOL.
Other than that, we have been busy! Life gets that way when you have a child I guess. I can't imagine what it's like with 2!
Which brings me to my little "vent" of the day. And I'll just put it out there bluntly:
I have no idea what we are doing next in regards to more children.
Mark and I know we want another child someday. (Mark wants 2 more, but we'll just wait and see about that ;-), but just so you all know, 2011 will not be our year for another one unless some divine intervention happens from the man upstairs. So, for those of you wondering, just know we'll let you know as soon as we know what's happening next for our family. For me, I am just enjoying our life in the present. My very preliminary initial thought is we may try (for the first time) to see if we are able to have biological children, but there is a good chance that our hearts may be lead away from that idea once again over the next year or 2. Or, there's a chance we can't have biological children altogether, and that will answer the question quite easily for us. So, I don't know, I guess I just thought I'd "put it out there" since people are starting to ask me about our future family plans.
Have a great Thanksgiving everyone!
