Anya's life lessons:
- You are not the boss.
- If you hit someone with it you will not see it again for a long time!
- If you throw your food your meal is over.
- No means no...even if you cry :).
- If we know you are perfectly capable of signing "more" so that you can swing but you choose to grunt at us instead your swing will not move.
- Just because you smile at us does not mean that you can hit us, otherwise known as "you are cute but it won't get you far in this house"!
- If you can figure it out, we have a way to childproof it!
- We will never run out of kisses to give you.
- You can hit us a million times and we will still love you.
- Yes it is true that when we are frustrated with you your sweet smile and a hug can make it all better....that doesn't make you any less frustrating sometimes :).
- These people might not be as crazy as you thought they were...in fact they might just be OK after all!
Mom and Dad's life lessons:
- Watching your child with DS put her feet over her ears will never cease to amaze you after spending two years with a child who has to be continually stretched to have a decent range of motion.
- Do not take your eyes off of her.
- She can reach the box of wipes and when she does they will be scattered all over your living room faster than you can blink.
- Adopting another child will show you that Oksana's early days came with some blessings too. She loved to rock, cuddle, and read books. These are things we'd love to do with Anya if she would sit still long enough.
- It will take 4 children to get one who goes to sleep this easy.
- It's been awhile since you've had one in diapers. Don't forget to change it :)!
- Even the easy adoptions are hard but it is nice to know that adoption doesn't have to come with major emotional turmoil.
-It's OK that you aren't madly in love right now. You know from experience that it will come.
- Watching your kids all play together will bring you joy that makes every single frustrating moment worth it.
- You say you are done...4 is enough....but we'll see about that :).
6 comments:
Love these! Taking notes :)
Also, had to laugh at that last one!
This was so funny!
I know you're doing great! I am so glad she is home and that it is easier this time around. I'm praying for the adjustment period for all of you. =) Love you guys!
I think I've said it before but I'll say it again...she sounds so much like Marni!! After 2 yrs home she is is still super fast but sooooooo much better, not so exhausting, and we thought she was our last too. Ha ha ha ha! Instead what happened is 14 months after she came home God called us to adopt again, just that THIS time reading "calm child" in the profile description became essential! lol
I remember wishing Marni would stay still long enough to snuggle and rock...she does now! She LOVES to snuggle when she's tired...before she never slowed down to reveal that she was tired, she only got more hyper.
Consider a melatonin chewable tablet for her 15-30 min before bedtime. It worked better than the prescribed meds we initially tried.
Love this post :)It made me smile, and don't think many of those characteristics (insert: RASCAL) are not simply part of Ds. Because goodness you could have described Nichole (minus the hitting)
I'm so glad you are home and settling in little by little. I wonder what Oksana thinks when Anya is naughty. lol She's probably thinking "Kid, you have a family now and no one is gonna let you get away with that!"
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