Friday, February 12, 2010
FROM HOMESICK TO
HOME AND SICK!

We are home safe and sound and together as a family again. We made it home Saturday night and were greeted at the airport by friends and family. It was an awesome sight. Greg and I were so happy to see our other four children and they were happy to see us. Adam immediately reached for his oldest brother Stephen and called him Ge Ge (Chinese for oldest brother). You can tell he has been prepared for this for a long time. He went to each of his siblings and was so content. He did great on the flights even though he only slept three of the 15 hours of the longest flight. He is so easy. I would travel anywhere with him. He never cried, not once. He played, watched movies and ate.

When we got home he played with everyone and even showed off his new English phrases. Everyone agrees he is super cute! Our transition at home has been for the most part easy. There is one relationship however that will take time to grow. Samantha and Adam are only 5 months apart. As I have said before Samantha is a Mama's baby. She really really likes her role as Mama's baby. So much so that sometimes she refers to herself by name as Mama's baby. So she is a little spoiled, what can I say? I am paying the price now. She has decided she is not a big sister but a baby. She has even been known to crawl like a baby lately. When we were at the pediatricians office on Tuesday she refused to walk. I have to carry Adam, he can't walk, so my wonderful pediatrician, Dr. K. Riley, carried Sam to my car and strapped her in for me. It was a proud moment. One day we will laugh about all this because in time she will accept her new role as big sister. We have already seen huge improvements just this week. Whenever she acts like a big girl I tell her how proud I am of her!

All of these changes would also be easier if I was not sick. I started feeling bad in China just before we left. The trip home and the first few days have been rough because of it. It is the reason this post is late. Just today I feel like I am turning the corner and feeling better. Nothing but blue sky's ahead!

I just have to say that Adam is one of the sweetest, most loving children I have ever met. The fact that I get to call myself his mom is an honor. Our lives would not have been as rich without him. Yes we are rich! Not in the way that the world calls rich but in was that are indescribable. Some people have called us amazing, great people, wonderful or crazy for taking on a 5th child with medical issues. I disagree with all of it. We get the joy of knowing this child and raising him. He has so much potential that for many reasons could not have been realized in China. He is where he belongs. What sacrifice is it for us to get up each day to his beautiful smiling face? It is no sacrifice at all it is what makes ours lives so rich!

If you have followed his story for some time you will remember he was sick at the beginning of January. Well, I have taken him to three different doctors and not one thinks he has an obstructed bowel or an appendicitis. No one thinks he needs a surgery and the urologist said his bladder is working just fine. Do you believe God heals? I do. He has answered so many prayers for this little guy. That is the topic of my next and final post.

Thanks for following our story!

Blessings,
Jennifer