First Week Home August 16, 2008

 

Colin’s Birthday

 

Eva Joy and Colin in their party hats

For anyone still checking…

We’ve been home for a week now, and we’re finally catching up.  We’ve had a to switch our clocks back to Eastern time.  Eva Joy had the hardest time with that, and she was up in the wee hours of the morning playing for quite a few nights.  Thankfully, she is starting to adapt, and we’ve all been the better for it. 

Yesterday was Colin’s birthday.  He turned 5 years old.  He went bowling with his buddy Austin, and now he’s at Austin’s birthday party.  Colin has been terrific.  He really loves having Eva Joy as part of our family, and he’s anxious to help.  He’s had a few sad moments as he’s realizing the attention she’s getting.  One day he said, ” you never look at me cute like that!”  The strangest request we’ve had is to turn his carseat facing backwards.  “It’s not fair that Eva gets to ride like that.” 

We had checkups for both kids this week.  Colin sailed through his, and said the shots didn’t even hurt.  He continues to top the charts at 97% height, and he told the doctor he wants to be a fireman, maybe.  He starts back to school on Monday.

Eva did well also, although she was under the weather with a virus whe we went.  She’s long and lean for an average US baby, at 70% height and 10% weight.  She still babbling, crawling and pulling up.  She’s gotten used to the carseat, and that’s where she takes her best naps.  She’s not a fan of the crib, and she cries whenever she realizes she’s in it.  So far, she’s been bunking with us.  I got her a soother toy that attaches to her crib rails.  It’s music and sounds from the rainforest.  I am hoping it helps- at least she could remember the humidity from back home in Vietnam!

 

This is how you watch TV, Eva Joy