Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Day 14: Great Time Spent with New Friends

This post is from yesterday, 11/20/12, but we did not have internet.


We were blessed with another hot day today – a perfect day for a swim play date with our new friends Lee and “T”.  This morning, we hung out at the guest house playing and reading.  After lunch, we packed up our swim goodies and headed to Lee and T’s” guest house.  The boys and Kevin played in the pool for hours!  Kevin was pulling them around in the pool, throwing them, helping them with their swimming.  Lee and I caught up under the canopy as we have both seen more sun than our skin is used to. J  It was so awesome to watch them play together.  Both boys were jumping into the pool over and over and gained confidence in jumping into the deeper parts!  We have some adorable pictures of “N” and “T” jumping into the pool holding hands. J  We also have a great cannonball photo with all three of them jumping in at once.  “N” is getting progressively more comfortable in the water each day.  He swam the entire length of the pool by himself with no floaties today (and their pool is probably twice the size of ours!!!)!!  So proud!!!

Lee and I chatted about how the boys are doing, how the process has been for her and for us, the funny things the boys say and do, and such.  It is so nice to have another family here to spend time with and share this experience with.  Our journeys have been similar in the sense that we were both down to the wire to get here this year, so we are excited to be in it together. 

Lee and “T” have their court date tomorrow, so it will be a very exciting day for them!!  All the T’s are crossed, the I’s are dotted, and it’s finally time to make it official!!!  We can’t wait to celebrate our two families coming together in this Thanksgiving week!! J

After we left Lee and “T’s” house, we headed to the store to pick up a few more groceries.  Then, it was back in the pool for a bit.  “N” just can’t get enough of the pool!  Food is really the only reason he wanted to get out. J

Tonight was burger night (again) because “N” loves them!  We paired them with the sweet pap (with sweetened condensed milk and corn).  We worked on solving addition problems, telling time, spelling, and reading after dinner and then we played games until bed.

Tomorrow, our social workers will be coming over to go over what to expect in our process after court.  Then, Thursday is our big day – Gotcha Day! J 

Happy almost Thanksgiving everyone!!

Laura and Kevin

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