(I think I'll nickname him "Wilson")
You're stuck with pictures of the rest of us.
Celebrating as usual with our donuts
Tim actually wrote out a lengthy list of items that he wanted for his birthday - in English! He got a couple of his wishes - money, a new MP3 player and a trip to see the Oklahoma City Thunder play the Orlando Magic.
As for his second anniversary with us, he has become very thoughtful lately about this anniversary. He is truly processing a lot of issues related to his adoption and to being a part of our family. As is characteristic of an older child adoption, some parts are easy and some parts are difficult. Overall, though, TJ is adjusting very well. He is doing great in school. He played basketball with one of our local Christian schools and did very well. He also is reading his Bible a lot and recently asked to start attending the Chinese Bible study again. He still struggles with the boundaries/limits placed on him since he had so much freedom in China, but he is learning. Many of the sibling struggles we had early on are rarely seen now. TJ even asks a lot about when JA and AT will be home when they are gone somewhere.
I'm so glad we ventured into the unknown territory of older child adoption. I encourage everyone to at least consider it and see if it is right for your family.
3 comments:
Congratulations!!
Such a wonderful update! Glad to read it. Hope you are enjoying warm weather down there. It is FREEZING here and snow predicted (with accumulation) for tonight?!
Your boys are growing up! Reminds me of mine; I look at them one day to the next and think they look so much older.
Thank you for advocating for older child adoption. I agree wholeheartedly with being thankful we ventured into it. :)
wow, two years, yes, it's been 2 years! Thank you for blogging the progress, it's encouraging to me right now. baby steps, tiny shifts is what we see now, not every day but every week maybe.
God bless you all,
Laura
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