Jacob's preschool graduation

Our NEW Family Blog site

I started a new blog site for all of our family adventures. From now on I will do most of my posting on that site. You are welcome to stop by and visit at www.heartsfullofpraise.blogspot.com

Jacob's first snow day with us

Today was Jacob's first snow day with us. He had a blast playing in the snow. He obviously has played in snow before coming to the USA because he knew exactly what it was and what to do in it. He had a great time. After playing for a while we came in and had some hot chocolate to warm up. He thought that was the greatest treat. I can't believe how much he has grown since we met him in September and how he fits into our family so well. He understands more and more English every day and is such a blessing in our lives.

9 weeks home

Jacob has been in the US for 9 weeks now. He celebrated his first Thanksgiving yesterday. He loves mashed potatoes. His preschool teacher sent a note home with him on Wednesday letting us know that they had their own Thanksgiving feast and that he sat there feeding his face for 50 minutes. No surprise there. This little one LOVES food. Praise God for little boys.

Halloween

Well it is getting harder and harder to post information only about Jacob when his life is so intertwined with the rest of our lives. I guess it is almost time to develope a family blog site. haha Here are a couple of pics of Halloween this year. Jacob thought it was a blast to get all dressed up and put pretend wiskers on his face. We went to church for a harvest festival. The kids had a great time. Jacob is doing so well. He has already gained 2 cm and 1 pound and 4 ounces. It doesn't sound like a lot but for his size it is huge. He is already out growing his clothes. He is learning English quickly and has no trouble letting us know his wants and needs. This past week was the absolute best week ever. Jacob and Annabel are really becoming great friends. There was a lot of jealousy the first few weeks which caused a lot of stress between them. But we are seeing less and less of that happening. Annabel will now let me hold Jacob without getting too upset. And they hug on each other freely when one of them gets hurt. We praise God daily for Jacob being in our life. He is such an incredible joy.

Pumpkin Patch

Today we took Jacob on his first Pumpkin Patch trip. We waited too late in the season to go. With all the nice weather we have been having it was clear that everything was dried out. Oh well. We really just wanted to take some fun photos. We finally got a photo of all 6 of us looking at the camera at the same time. Yea!!! Hopefully it is the first of many. I had to laugh when I looked at the photos. The four of us tower over the two little ones. haha

Home almost one full month

This Saturday will be the four week mark since we returned to the US with Jacob. He has been such a delight to get to know. I feel his adjustment and bonding has been wonderful so far. Annabel has had trouble adjusting to another child in the home but Jacob seems to take it all in stride. He started preschool last week and absolutely loves it. Today was his first day on what we call the "short bus". It is a smaller version of a regular school bus that transports children in early intervention preschool back and forth to school. It is an absolute gift from God. If it weren't for the bus that transports both Annabel and Jacob at different times during the week I would feel as though I live in my car. It allows me to get them the services they need while keeping somewhat of a nap schedule going for the one not in school at the time. It keeps everyone happy. He didn't like getting on the bus today but 5 minutes into the ride the driver said he was fine and when he arrived at school the teacher called me to tell me he was all smiles. Praise God. It has taken a few days to get adjusted to school but he loves it now. He has made a new friend and comes home attempting to tell me about his day. He jibber jabbers away telling me something. I am not sure what, but he is smiling while he tells us about his day. He sleeps great. All night without ever waking up. Now if we could just get Annabel to do that we would be doing great. Thank you for all of your emails asking about how Jacob is doing. It has been a huge adjustment having another preschooler (mostly on Annabel's part), but we absolutly love him to pieces. He constantly tells us he loves us and offers hugs and kisses. My kind of guy. It doesn't get any better then that.