Growing and Changing

We've been MIA this last while, because of getting our house ready to sell, selling it, and moving to temporary quarters, then getting the kids in school. Because we don't know where we'll end up, I've kept the kids in the same schools, which means I have to drive them 7 miles each way to school every day. Callie goes from 8:00 to 2:40. Laura and Amy start at 9:00, but Amy ends at 11:30, and Laura doesn't finish until 3:15. Then there's soccer and dance. The fact that Alex has started coming up to me several times a day to ask, "Where we goin?" lets me know we're spending far too much time in the car!

But Alex is holding his own. Last week I sent some photos to our agency for them to send on to his orphanage and birthmother. I looked at the pictures and couldn't help wondering what the recipients will think when they see how big he has gotten. For a moment I felt sad that they did not get to share in watching him grow. He is not at all a baby anymore, and he is so smart.

He says a lot of words, though it's hard to understand him. But he sings whole songs, and he says the words of familiar books. He knows many of the letters of the alphabet by name, and he can count to 13. He sits and watches how others do things, then he figures out how to do them himself (not always a good thing, since he especially likes to do things a 2 year old shouldn't be doing). It's amazing how much he knows. We have the They Might Be Giants videos of Here Come the 1,2, 3's and Here Come the A,B,C's. They are going in the car during our multiple trips throughout the day, and he loves to sing along.

I love to hear him laugh. He'll do or say something, then ask, "I funny?" Of course, I always respond: "Yes, you're funny."
What a sweet boy we have.