Kindergarten Boy

I have a boy who is in Kindergarten.

Hard to believe, but it is true. It feels like just days ago that we traveled to bring him home and we were met at the airport by all our friends. We went home and had a big party, (he passed right out) with food brought in from Mom is Cooking, a departed Mexican Restaurant in SF. We couldn't believe he was going to stay, but that is how adoption works, the wild creation of a forever family.

Our hearts still are so big for him. Our dog was overwhelmed, and at times, so was I. The first child is so surprising, the intensity, the love. the lack of sleep! How long the first year takes and yet how quickly the time goes by. The crazy feeling when you have to take clothes out of rotation, because, suddenly they don't fit. How they grow, literally, over night.

Now, he is a big brother. And such a mensh about it, most days. He loves his sister and now that I am not telling him no all day long, he is doing really well with it. Walking the dog is still hard in the afternoon for him, but...

The theme at school is detectives and he is eating it up. He loves the things he is interested in with such passion. I feel so lucky to have him in my life.

Miss B just busted out of her diapers and into the next size, again. She is on the move, crawling, standing, walking with your fingers on her hands, talking. This morning, I really think I heard her say brother for Eli and mama for me, but lets hear the repetition....but it really, really sounded like that. She talks a TON, mostly just sentence sounds. The big news is that her head circumference went from the 5% to the 75%! WHOO-HOOO. Big news.

And now, how to figure out how to go back to work part time, keep the marriage on track and get some sleep, but it is the first few months. A deep breath, please.

maybe another.....