We Are Home

Yes, we are home.  We got home late Friday night/Saturday morning and I am so exhausted.  The kids did great on the plane and with the layover time.  Caleb is adjusting well and Peyton is doing pretty well.  The first night was hard for her at bedtime but it is getting better.  I guess I never thought that having her own room would not necessarily be a good thing for her.  Since she is used to sleeping in a room with several children I think she doesn't feel safe by herself.  I am not really sure though what it going on. 

It is so fun to watch them with all the newness. 

There are some things that they did at the orphanage that we are working on correcting, mostly surrounding use of the bathroom, but they are good at listening and doing what we ask.  I do like that they were taught to make their beds each morning and  they seem to know how to brush their teeth although when we met them we would have never known they brushed their teeth. 

Cash and Carson, our two little guys that we left at home while we travelled, are trying to adjust to this change in our household.  Cash is really doing well and he says he wants to learn Ukrainian words so he can talk to them.  I told him I would teach him some of the basics but we really want to teach them English. Carson is having a hard time!  He missed us so much and with being a former foster child he had things happen in his past that impacts his security.  He is clingy and whiny and so we know it will take time for him to adjust.  He really is a sweet little boy and he likes to hug and doesn't realize that not everyone wants to hug. 

This is just a little bit of what is going on.  We are surviving and loving our new normal.  And, we are so glad to be home.

~Tina