2 weeks home

Home now for almost 2 weeks and lots of people have been asking how things are going so far.  We had our first post-placement home visit with our social worker and what I told her was that 95% of the time things are going great.  For the most part, Solomon is happy and loving life.  He gets along with his brother most of the time and has made some great progress as far as bonding and attachment.  We are not sure if we are still in the honeymoon phase, but overall things are much better than we anticipated.

The 5% that is a bit tougher usually revolves around food.  Mealtimes often involve lots of pouting, tears and at times complete shut-downs.  He likes Ethiopian food (which we have been buying from some Ethiopian friends in town), pizza, pancakes, and hamburgers.  Fruits and vegetables are a major struggle.  When he sees them on his plate, he almost immediately tears up.  With our 3 year old, he has been trained well and knows that he has to eat what is on his plate or he is not getting anything else.  With older adopted children, this is not advised - at least at first.  It has been suggested from those with experience in this area that we just let him eat whatever he wants for the time being.  If you think about it, he has had to adjust to A LOT of change over the last few years - most of which he has had no control over.  So . . . . it kills me that he won't eat really anything with great nutritional value, but we will just let it go for now. . . 

And here is a glimpse what we have been doing since Solomon has been home!!  We are loving our family of 4!

Snuggled up for movies on the couch.

Visiting the penguins at the Zoo.

Soccer lessons with Dad (not sure what Joseph is doing.)



LOVING the pool!



Solomon's sense of humor is the best. 
Everyday after Dad comes home from work he finds his tie and shirt
and puts it on and runs around the house laughing hysterically.