First Week Home!

We forgot to post on Sunday night as we were planning, so we are posting this on Monday night instead. Our first week home with Max was a great week. The transition has been even smoother than we had hoped. He goes to sleep for naps and at bedtime without too much of a fuss and he usually even does well when we leave the room before he falls asleep (in Kazakhstan, we always stayed in the room until he fell asleep). So things are going well. His only issue is his ongoing obsession with food, but even that has improved a little bit. The million new toys that he has tends to distract him for a little while, but once he thinks about it, he asks for MORE. But he does still enjoy sharing his Cheerios with Sydney.

We have had a steady stream of visitors this week. Since the family met us at the airport, lots of friends have been eager to make a visit. Sean, Robyn, and Tommy brought some lasagna over for dinner and stayed for a nice visit. Then Tim, Shannon, and the kids all came over for dinner (yummy pasta for the adults, pizza for the kids) and on Saturday it was lunch with Rodg, Krista, and Charlie who arrived with some Chipotle burritos. It has been soooooo long and of course there are many more friends (and some family) that we still are eager to see. Here's a photo of Max with his new buddy Tommy T.


On Saturday night, we decided that it was high time for Max to get to his first Reds game. We met Rodg and Danno Driehaus down at the stadium and sat in the right field moon deck. They took down the Pirates 8-4 and Max even got to see some homerun fireworks courtesy of Scott Rolen. The Reds finished the season strong this year (27-13 in their last 40 games), so Max is hopeful for a postseason appearance in 2010.

Max has also enjoyed his swing set. The previous owners left the set in the backyard for us and Max's grandma Janet supplied the new swing. He loves it!