Grumpy

These pictures won't paint a picture of our morning, so I feel I better let my words do so.  We are at the two week point with two new kids and it's safe to say the honeymoon is over.  Ollie, a playful extrovert, is sequestering himself in his room to play.  Seth is having adjustments all over his world as his kindergarten teacher broke her foot and he has had different subs for the last ten days.  That poor guy just wants to come home and play Uno and Skip-bo for 2 straight hours and is sad that can't happen.  Our new littles are learning to trust us more and are more attached, thus wanting more.  It's kinda like, "Hey!  They pick me up and kiss me when I fall!  I like that!  I'm gonna do that lots!" only applied to every area, not just owies. 

Everyone slept terrible for the first week and a half, but the last two or three nights have been pretty good sleep, for which we are thankful!  I feel like Jon and my patience was greater during the no sleep phase though, and we have been feeling grumpy as well the last few days.  Oh well.  Such is life adjusting to new kids in foster care.

It hasn't been without many bright spots, though!  Shawn has learned a surprising number of words in his short time here and now tries to say please.  Jaylynn has also picked up lots of family skills in a short amount of time and is settling into the roll of kid, rather than chief caregiver to Jayshawn.

And now let's look at some pictures that remind me of more bright spots!

 

4.5!

By golly, this here is big boy territory!

 

 

Why, yes!  That is a couch on our kitchen concrete floor!  We are trying to paint the living room ceiling and a few things before our floors are installed, thus the living room furniture is scattered throughout the house.  (It is safe to say we've got too much going on.) 

 

Won't You Be My Valentine?

We've had a sweet and exhausting valentine weekend.  Here's a little recap:

 

For starters, we've got a full van again.

 

Ollie with his new buddy, Jaylynn. 

 

That new little guy is Jayshawn, but our current little people have had some confusion with the names Jaylynn and Jayshawn, so sometimes we've just been calling him Shawn.  But then that also creates a problem, as Shawn and Jon rhyme and Jon keeps thinking I'm asking him if he wants a sippy cup. 

Sweets for our sweets! 

Sweet Valentine's girl.

Walking to the school playground.

A couple of cuties.

Seth's new charge.  

 

Typical "Hey guys, it's time to put on your pajama's" scene.

 

Photo Bomber

 

And this was the cutest ever.  Jon took Eleni to a valentine dance at school.  Even if my brain was working at full capacity right now, I doubt I would have the words to tell you how smitten Eleni was and how cute this whole scene was. 

 

New pose to highlight the corsage.

 

Olaf

One of Our Adventurers

 

 

Ikea

Jon finishing the Texas County challenge at Ikea.