Emotions...

After such a great day yesterday, today is filled with so many emotions....

We awoke (after over 9 hours of continuous sleep for Baby O) this morning after sleeping as a family in the same room. The joy was overwhelming as was the feelings of what day it is. It was 5 years ago today, that Laurie's brother Will died. It's a hard thing to deal with being so far away from family and traditions of this day, but there is a really good 16 month old distraction here from some of the pain.

Our first day together has been mostly spent getting used to habits and schedules. After breakfast, there were several hours of indoor playing. He still hasn't quite gotten the grasp of walking on his own, so there has be A LOT of crawling and walking holding onto a finger :) He has been very happy all day - lots of smiles and laughter again. It was approaching lunch time and he led Laurie over to the dining room table - he was ready to eat! He has been eating really well for us and we are happy to "put some meat on his bones" - he's a skinny little peanut!

Nap time again was a bit of a struggle. He is having so much fun playing that he doesn't want to give in and fall asleep. It didn't take as long as bedtime did last night, but there were some tears today. We are sure it's hard because of the new surroundings too. After his almost 2 hour nap, we decided to take a walk since the sun was out a little today. It didn't last too long because it was windy and he seemed more interested in playing with his mittens than observing his surroundings but he laughed almost the whole time.

We just finished his dinner and we are going to attempt the first bath before bed time. They warned us that this might not be a favorite time in the beginning, so we are prepared for some crying. We are hoping that he sleeps as well tonight as he did last night :)