First of all, Merry Christmas everyone! Second of all, we now have a 4 year old - Happy Birthday to Andrew! And lastly, we are officially a family of 4!
The day started out super bright and early. Big naps sounded like a good idea yesterday but it turns out that it wasn't such a good idea. Andrew fell asleep around 11:45pm, soon to wake up at 1:15am for the day! yup, he was up for the entire night! He was so excited that it was his birthday that he couldn't sleep and would just lay in bed singing "Happy Birthday" to himself. Mommy and Daddy both averaged about 3 hours of sleep and were hurting when it was time to start getting ready for the day.
We met Laurie's parents around 7:30 for breakfast. Grammy told our waitress that it was Andrew's 4th birthday and she was really excited to help us celebrate it. She and 2 other waitresses surprised him with a huge piece of cake with "Happy Birthday Andrew" written around the plate in icing. They sang him happy birthday and cheered him on blowing out his 4 candles.
Val showed up soon after (at 8:20) to pick us up for the orphanage. Grammy & BupBup were given strict instructions to not let Andrew sleep while we were gone (no more naps so we can actually sleep tonight). On the way, we picked up Olga and arrived at the orphanage around 9:15. We were given instructions to hurry up and get her dressed (in the clothes that we brought for her) because we weren't supposed to stay long (another thing that we didn't quite understand). So we got her dressed, gave them the gifts we had (some diapers, baby clothes and toothbrush kits from our dentist) and left. We went straight back to the hotel to introduce Baby Girl to her big brother. She slept for the entire 45 minute car ride :)
It's been a day of playing "getting to know you". Learning what makes her laugh and what she likes to eat. Andrew has been a great big brother so far with sharing his toys. They crawled around after each other playing trains for a good bit of the afternoon. Andrew loved that she followed and copied what he did. When it was time to feed her dinner and she didn't like the jar of food we picked out, Andrew picked out another one and she liked it - he was SO proud of himself that he picked out the kind of food that she liked :)
While Laurie, Grammy and Andrew fed Baby Girl dinner, Bup Bup and John ran to McDonalds to pick up everyone elses dinner - yes, Christmas dinner from McDonalds (birthday boy's choice). Soon after we set our food up to eat, Andrew sat on the floor, drank half of his milkshake, took one bite of his cheeseburger and passed out! We are amazed he made it from 1am until 6:30pm and are praying that he (and she) sleeps through the night - we all need the sleep!
So, on that note, it is at 7:30pm that we say Good night and again a very Merry Christmas to all!!
The day started out super bright and early. Big naps sounded like a good idea yesterday but it turns out that it wasn't such a good idea. Andrew fell asleep around 11:45pm, soon to wake up at 1:15am for the day! yup, he was up for the entire night! He was so excited that it was his birthday that he couldn't sleep and would just lay in bed singing "Happy Birthday" to himself. Mommy and Daddy both averaged about 3 hours of sleep and were hurting when it was time to start getting ready for the day.
We met Laurie's parents around 7:30 for breakfast. Grammy told our waitress that it was Andrew's 4th birthday and she was really excited to help us celebrate it. She and 2 other waitresses surprised him with a huge piece of cake with "Happy Birthday Andrew" written around the plate in icing. They sang him happy birthday and cheered him on blowing out his 4 candles.
Val showed up soon after (at 8:20) to pick us up for the orphanage. Grammy & BupBup were given strict instructions to not let Andrew sleep while we were gone (no more naps so we can actually sleep tonight). On the way, we picked up Olga and arrived at the orphanage around 9:15. We were given instructions to hurry up and get her dressed (in the clothes that we brought for her) because we weren't supposed to stay long (another thing that we didn't quite understand). So we got her dressed, gave them the gifts we had (some diapers, baby clothes and toothbrush kits from our dentist) and left. We went straight back to the hotel to introduce Baby Girl to her big brother. She slept for the entire 45 minute car ride :)
It's been a day of playing "getting to know you". Learning what makes her laugh and what she likes to eat. Andrew has been a great big brother so far with sharing his toys. They crawled around after each other playing trains for a good bit of the afternoon. Andrew loved that she followed and copied what he did. When it was time to feed her dinner and she didn't like the jar of food we picked out, Andrew picked out another one and she liked it - he was SO proud of himself that he picked out the kind of food that she liked :)
While Laurie, Grammy and Andrew fed Baby Girl dinner, Bup Bup and John ran to McDonalds to pick up everyone elses dinner - yes, Christmas dinner from McDonalds (birthday boy's choice). Soon after we set our food up to eat, Andrew sat on the floor, drank half of his milkshake, took one bite of his cheeseburger and passed out! We are amazed he made it from 1am until 6:30pm and are praying that he (and she) sleeps through the night - we all need the sleep!
So, on that note, it is at 7:30pm that we say Good night and again a very Merry Christmas to all!!
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