Still Adjusting and Staying Busy

We are still here. Life is crazy right now. Today is the first day since Sam came home that we have stayed home the whole day. My house is a little cleaner and my children are definitely more rested. Sophie has had a lot going on. Between school, choir, ballet, birthday parties, and ice skating we spend most of our time in the car running around.

Sam continues to adjust. In fact I think he has adjusted much better than Mom and Sophie. Emotionally he has calmed significantly however he has picked up the pace on activity. I had forgotten how busy one is when a toddler is in the house. Plus he is a much more active toddler than Sophie ever was. He has left no stone unturned at our house. Sophie never touched anything but Sam has picked up everything (some of it goes in his month). I have not had to move anything (yet). He seems to be responding to, "NO, this is not a toy." All in all I think he is doing great. He is most certainly strong willed which drives a parent crazy but hopefully will serve him well as an adult.

I think Sophie is still trying to find her place in our new family dynamic. No more threats of being kicked. She did tell me this week that SHE was the boss. Other than that she also continues to adjust.

I am still working on finding my groove. I get the kids out the door clean, dressed, with everything, and on time but the house is a wreck and I am exhausted. I know it will get better. I actually skipped Grey's Anatomy last night so I could go to bed. I keep reminding myself that I was very tired those first few months with Sophie too. The difference now is napping. When Sophie slept so could I now I have to watch her.

Here are a few pictures of Sophie and Sam. These were taken the day of Sophie's choir performance at Wednesday Night Fellowship.

On another note. Last night was Sophie's first night of ice skating since her 2 month spring break. A couple of the instructors are Russian. When I mentioned to them that we had just adopted Sam from Russia and he had only been home for 2 weeks the female instructor, Olga, got so excited. She said he probably still understands Russian. She sat in front of him and started singing songs with hand motions. Sam just lit up. I have never seen him so happy. He was laughing out loud. Sophie and I couldn't understand a word of course but Sam seemed to know exactly watch she was singing and saying. It was amazing to watch.