Another Week

It's hard to believe we've been home for over two weeks now, and yet it seems so natural to have Jason home. Maybe it's because we imagined him here so many times before he came. The strangest thing has been the feeling of not having to wait anymore!



Jason is building his vocabulary. Before we even came home from Taiwan he was saying 'Mama', 'thank you','baby', 'water', 'bye bye', 'more', 'choo choo', and of course 'e-i-e-i-o'. My new favorite came one day as he turned the corner and I said, "Hi!" in a high pitched voice, and he said "Hiyee!" in the same tone. He says it all of the time now. He can also say 'hello', 'water', 'cracker', and 'noodle'.

He is so good natured and affectionate, but doesn't especially like it when you say, "No! No!" to him for doing something. For instance, this is an example of what you get if you tell him that he can't put the hairbrush into the toaster:



Tomorrow we are going to a pediatrician that specializes in international adoption. We are hoping that he will answer a few questions for us like; should he really still be on a warmed bottle of formula mixed with powdered cereal three times a day at 23 months just because that's the way they do it in Taiwan? And of course there is also the question of whether he might be able to sleep in his own bed by the time he is seven?

Kate and Stephen are still having a blast with their new little brother, but don't argue over him quite as often as they did at first. Best of all Jason and his daddy really enjoy each other. Jason has a special little smile that he reserves for when Brian walks in the room.