Adventures in learning a new kind of fun.

The time is moving along with the holidays, visits and getting settled into life as a new family. V is doing so fantastic that at times we wonder if we have to pitch ourselves to wake up. There are the normal moments that he doesn't want to listen or we are tried, but we certainly cannot complain. V is a very curious little guy. There has not been a single interaction that he has not totally embraced. He got to meet my high school friend/brother and managed to easily melt his heart right away. Uncle Jed (inside family joke) brought him  a couple of new cars and that night we got to put him to bed while he clutched the cars in his hands. Our little boy is busy, happy,always hungry and above all the biggest part of our life.

Last night we had a winter parade in town and decided that we would bundle up and head down to the Main St of town and watch the parade. It was another one of those moments that made me realize that we had to learn how to have fun in the way that V could be comfortable with. When the people and noise became too much he would go back on the sidewalk with daddy and play cars. It was a big difference from Q, who loves to be right in the middle of the action. When I used to picture what our child would be like, I had this rosy view of a child who was super outgoing and wanted to try everything. It is amazing to me how wrong and right I was all at the same time. V is outgoing but he needs his time to decide for how long and he wants to try new things but he needs to know it will be structured.

We are now 20 days away from this official move home and we could not be happier. It was really exciting for V to meet Matt's mom, sister and her children. He was so comfortable right away with everyone. It took him no time at all to run around and want everyone to hold him. Now we will be moving along to Christmas. We were very excited to do shopping for him and are sooo excited to see him come down the stairs on Christmas morning.

All and all there are no complaints here and we are all settling into our new roles well. Soon we are hoping that everyone will get to meet our little guy!