You may be wondering what our latest news is with the insanity that is our lives. We are happy to announce that the news is really fantastic. Yesterday we were lucky enough to receive our visitation schedule and it is way better then we could have ever expected. As long as everything goes smoothly and our weekend visits go without a major hitch little V is set to move home on Dec. 23. Talk about an amazing Christmas present for both of us. The schedule includes lots of hanging out for short times and then a mix of really long weekends until the move in date. For the first time in many years I cannot wait for Christmas to get here because we will have our child to share it with. We are all crossing our fingers that there is some cousin love ahead and not a disaster zone:)
I was thinking a lot about V's name and how we stressed and stressed about how we wanted to be able to name our child. Let me tell you folks that when you are adopting and you see the picture or get the call that you are chosen to be parents, the last thing that matters is the name. In some ways we are lucky because we actual like his name though it could not be farther from something we would have actually chosen. Our plan is to give him a new middle name and big shocker it will be after Matt. All and in all the sadness about naming V suddenly went away. We may never find a cup with his name on it or souvenirs from family trips but it fits him.
One last big thing that I have been thinking about is the amount of driving that we will be doing during our visits. We really need to come up with some way to not let these hours go by without still being some sort of bonding time. The problem being that I get crazy car sick after awhile and will not be much of fun mom in the car. So if anyone has fun car games that do not involve reading in the car, we are all up for suggestions:) Keep in mind he is five. We may resort to the DVD player if he totally hates it. So please send along your wonderful ideas.
About Me
- The journey to a full nest.
- This blog was started as a way to keep in touch with family and friends during the ups and downs of us building a family. As of Dec 23,2011 we have been blessed with being placed with our amazing little guy V. The blog has morphed into the daily lives of the foster system, new parents, moving, jobs, autism and being a family.
How fun to have him in your home for Christmastime!
ReplyDeleteWe like to play "I spy" while driving, but you have to play it with items inside the vehicle...otherwise you drive right past it before anyone gets a chance to spy it and guess!
ReplyDeleteThere is also the alphabet game (if he recognizes letters yet) where you have to find an "A" on a sign, billboard, license plate, etc. then find a "B" until you have finished the entire alphabet. Hopefully there are antique stores or a Dairy Queen along the route - "Q" is a tough one!
They also have Travel Bingo game cards, works like regular bingo except you are finding certain items (speed limit signs, cows, gas stations, etc.) to get a Bingo.
Making up stories is good for travel too, one person starts with the characters, the next adds to the story, everyone gets a chance to add more - it usually ends up getting really silly, but it's entertaining.
I'm sure there are some others but those come to mind first. Enjoy your travel time, your visit and your special Christmas!
I would use the story-time ... turn it into stories about what his life will be like with you. Don't use V as the character, tho. Make up a character (can even be an animal) who was adopted, how much is mommy and daddy really are excited to be his forever family, and what his life will be like. So exciting!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the great ideas! Every time I think about our time with him I tend to tear up with extreme happiness! We will of course give reports on how the car ideas work in the next couple of weekends:)
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