Bethany had her tonsils out last week, so she had been hanging out at our house for about 3 days. Mostly sleeping on the couch, taking her pain medicine and eating slushies. She's slowly getting better, but is still pretty uncomfortable. But, she is back in her apartment and so we are a little more back to normal here.
That's the big news. We continue to go the proverbial "two steps forward, one step back" with Maicol. Just when it seems things are going well for him, he has a day where nothing seems to go right. Oh well, we are making progress. Juan Pablo is still slowly becoming more comfortable. I have always kissed and hugged him when putting him to bed, but he never reciprocated. Recently he has started hugging and kissing me before bed. And he has started hugging me spontaneously - something he didn't do before. Before we met them, we were told they would probably be very affectionate and want to be near us and touching us all the time. It took Maicol about a year to start that and now at the 1.5 year mark Juan Pablo has become more affectionate. As I sat reading to them before bed last night one sat on each side of me with their arm around my neck listening to the story. So, it seems we are still moving along in that attachment thing. It has been a slow, but steady process.
On to the pictures...
Bethany's Birthday and her pie. Andrew looks pretty excited too! 
Jonathan's birthday - with Kristin trying to stay out of the picture.
Juan Pablo and Maicol at Chuck E Cheese's. I love this picture of the two of them.
Jonathan helping Andrew feed his tickets into the counter so he can get a prize.
Licking the blue icing he requested off of the beater. Is there anything better?
Andrew blowing out his four candles.
A very happy birthday boy! He is not only excited about his birthday, but he loves cake!
3 comments:
Sounds like a busy few weeks! Happy Birthday to the three! I'm glad Bethany is doing better too.
I always thought before adopting that attachment issues were rare, but now I'm thinking a lot of people go through them, and it's harder than anyone says. I think our attachment issues with Isaac have been almost harder in a way than the disability. I'll pray for you guys, and I am glad there is progress!
Thanks for updating! Now I know why you haven't done it in a while--you've been busy. Glad to hear the attachment is doing better, too. Whew!
It's so refreshming to hear such an honest report of your adoption experience. It just reinforces how no one experience is the same. We were told the same thing-to expect a lot of hugs and kisses. It took our daughter a few weeks to give them to me and our son was very affectionate from the beginning. I was disheartened just with the two, short weeks with my daughter, wondering what I was doing wrong. So I applaud you for your patience and persistence after a year and a half. I pray that each day makes things a little better!
Traci
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