Harrison and Tuff. Tuff borrowed Harrison's hat for this one.
Harrison getting some sugar!!
Breah and Colton REALLY love Harrison! They did great. We all played together on the floor singing songs and telling him what sounds our Little People farm animals make.
Mommy snuggling her bundle of joy after bath time!!
That's all for now. We haven't left the house since Thursday night. Brandon has made a few trips to the grocery and such. We have a few things on our agenda tomorrow afternoon. One of my favorite little boys is having a 2nd birthday and we'll be celebrating around lunchtime tomorrow!! We plan to go to our churchwide Thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night. We'll also arrive a 1.5 hours early so that we can be there for the kids Christmas Muscial rehearsal! Harrison is going to be baby Jesus so I want him used to the commotion of it and PLUS I miss the kids and want to be there. Harrison will probably fall asleep in the Ergo if I have to make a guess as to how it's going to go down!! :o)
As far as our decision on others holding Harrison, we are still holding him tight in large group settings and in public. We have allowed family and close friends to be more attentive to him at the house because it's the most familiar place to him and we can be right here! It will be a little longer before we start passing him around to ALL of the special people who have waited to meet him everywhere we go. I know it's hard for others (it's even harder for mommy & daddy to turn people down), but it's what's best for Harrison health wise and for bonding to us...and I know that ultimately we all want what's best for our little guy. He is so friendly and attentive to others that he could easily bypass attaching to us and shop for many others to attach to. Also, he was in 1 room in the baby home with 1 nanny and, at the most, 1 other child for the last 7 months of his life. He only left for church and doctors appointments. We are guessing he is going to be very susceptible to germs, but mabye not!! We know our lifestyle won't allow us to keep this up long, but for a few weeks we'll be doing things this way.
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I think it won't be long before sweet Harrison is bonded totally to you both!! He must feel the love coming from you and I must say the sparkle in your eyes when you are holding him is evident! I know your families want to scoop him right up!!! He is such a doll I don't know how they are resisting!!!
AWWW he is so precious!! i'm so sorry i didn't keep more in touch & see what was going on! but i am so thrilled you have him before Thanksgiving!! May God Bless you guys as you bond with your little one!! I'll be praying the adjustment process goes smoothly for all of you!!
Love you all!
I remember those first days at home with Owen. It took a few days for him and us to catch up on sleep! We ended up waking him up at the time we wanted him to get up to get him on a schedule. He got tired so easily he needed 2 long naps a day and was sleeping like a rock by 7:30!
It IS so hard to turn people down when they want to touch and hold your new baby. Church and family gatherings were the hardest. The grocery store was also a place for us that people wanted to touch Owen so I put him in the carrier instead of the seat at first b/c people were less likely to touch him then! You are doing the right thing by waiting. Even though Harrison was with just one or two people, he still has to learn who you are and that you are not replaceable the way you have replaced his nanni(es)! I know with Korea we have been told to wait 6 weeks before anyone else holds Lily so she can transfer her attachment to her foster mother to us. I hope your family and other friends will respect your decisions! As Jim would say, we've got your back! :) 6 weeks (or however long--as you know, for Owen it took forever b/c his past was so different than Harrison and Lily's!) is such a short time in the grand scheme of things!
Hope you have a wonderful time at church tomorrow with your new bundle of joy!!! You are simply glowing in your pictures with him!! He looks like he is the happiest little baby boy on the planet. He was meant to be yours, friend. :)
Lots of love,
Adrienne
Right after we got home with Xan, a lady at church asked if she could hold him and I told her she could but that he may want me right back. Her response, "Oh, he doesn't know the difference." Well, he showed her by screaming and clawing at me to get him back. My response (in as Christ like a manner as I could find)was, "See, he knows the difference."
I've been following for a while but never left a comment, a lurker I guess. I don't know the ends and outs of adoption and the whole process with the attachment thing that I'm sure you've been trained in and know from the experts. But I do have a baby that turned 11 months today and she spent some time in the NICU at birth and then later in the PICU after a major surgery. I must say that I wanted no one to hold her except me. And when I say no one I mean just that, not my husband, not my own mother, and certainly not my mother in law. I guess I'm saying that to say that even though Harrison is your's, and he is all your's as evident by the look on both your faces in these pictures, the whole not wanting to pass your baby around thing is a "mommy" thing, too! So good for you for enforcing what you feel is best for your little guy. He is too sweet and cute and your story gives me chills. I didn't start reading until you posted about your baby shower and then the next thing I knew, ya'll were off to the other side of the world, and your story has given me chills. Especially the whole part about how you've just adopted because you've feel the Lord calling you to do so, not because you can't have any of your own. Such a sweet story and such an awe-factor to those of us on the other side of the computer. Thank you for sharing!!! You've done a great thing for humanity and I think you are probably right just from the pictures, that you and your husband are recieving just as big a blessing as Harrison is. Again, thanks for sharing and sorry for rambling. Guess that's what happens when you lurk and don't ever comment! haha! Happy Turkey Week to your new little family!
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