Home Sweet Home

We've been home for two days now and I finally feel normal enough to make a post. We had a quite a welcoming committee as we walked to baggage claim Saturday evening. It was great to see my kids, my parents and some of our dearest friends. Max just held on and watched all that was going on. He was very excited to see Hayden and went right to him. It took a little while to gather our luggage since we had been bumped from our original flight from L.A. By the way the L.A. airport is ridiculous! I can't even express how annoying it was, but we were only there a few hours and then we jumped on the plane and came home for good! After getting everything loaded we rode home together for the first time as a family of 6. We were a little concerned about how Max would take the car seat, he just sat in it and allowed me to buckle it without a word of complaint.

Max did great on the planes...all three of them. We sat in the same row, first row behind first class, middle section, on every flight. I think maybe Max thought we just kept getting off the plane and back on. He was such a little trooper, he walked a lot through the airports and slept much of the time on the planes. He complained a little about the food but when bribed to eat for a drink of Diet Coke he was most compliant.

At home our first night he slept soundly all night. He woke up about 6:00 am Sunday morning, which was fine with us, we were so grateful to be in our own bed and to get a good deal of sleep the first night home. Sunday he got to know the house, played with his toys and complained about the dogs. He has had a couple little melt downs, but they mostly seem to revolve around being very, very tired. His body is trying to adjust to the new times and he is super tired. His patience is short and he doesn't want to be bothered with things like going potty, or changing clothes or waiting for "ma-MA", his noodles. Basically though he is doing great. His first response to everything is "mai" ~ no. It doesn't matter what it is he says "mai". I say "Max do you want mommy to hold you?" he says "mai" as he is holding up his hands to me. He says "mai, mai, mai" has he is putting his feet into his pants to get dressed or as I am changing his diaper and he is helping me take it off. He really likes to start with a "no" I guess he figures he can always change his mind and often he does.

The kids all adore Max and play with him a lot. They carry him around and cater to his whims and demands. We are all thrilled to have him home. He walks all over the house pointing to various items and saying "nit" (this), we tell him what it is and he repeats it several times. He is working hard to learn. It will be fun to watch him learn English and start to really communicate with us. He is loaded up with personality and full of words, it will be nice when we can all understand those words.