the 5 older kids are in VBS this week at our church.
i have 2 hours every morning with just levi.
sounds like heaven, right??
i thought so, too.
i have a list made a mile long of all the stuff i'm going to get done this week!
our first morning, we came home and i played with him for a little bit.
and then we laid. he LOVES to be held and lay on top of you.
and play with my necklace. from the FIRST day we met, he loved my necklace.
that was sweet. and then i tried to get up and do some prep for dinner and fold laundry. you know, the stuff that needed to be done that wasn't even ON my list. and he flipped out. cried. not happy. i let him be, got some toys out, hoped he'd transition and start playing (he DOES play on his own just fine when everyone is around...but i think it was all too weird for him). he did stop crying. i looked over and he was laying on the ground...ASLEEP! crazy kid! it's always been his survival mechanism when he doesn't like what's going on (or is overwhelmed) - he just goes to sleep.
i didn't get much done. and i'm hoping he can adjust to this a little bit. he's NEVER in his life been without lots of kids! he went from an orphanage with lots of crazy kids, to a house with lots of crazy kids :-)
i picked up the kids from vbs more stressed than when i left after my morning...good grief!
on the other hand - the older kids had a BLAST and i'm so excited for them to have this time!
4 comments:
How sweet about Levi and your necklace. He will adjust - I will be praying that this week is so.sweet!!! Last year my older three went to.a vbs and I loved that time.with just Caleb. We went the pool just us, the library just us, even did one.od.those free trial classes at My Gym or The Little Gym.....it was so special getting.to.totally focus on him!!! Weird tho....and probably so strangely quiet for.Levi!!! Wish I had your.kids at my vbs this week!!!
i truly do not like being IN MY HOUSE with only 1 child. Its impossible.
Aw, poor guy. It always amazes me that "adoption issues" come out when I least expect it. What a scary change this must be for him. I can totally see how stressful or unnerving this could be for him. :( I hope that having you there and knowing that mama hasn't left him too gives him comfort and that the rest of the week is easier for you both!
I so often think of you. I have just half of the number of children that you do...and wonder if it gets easier as more join the family.
Anyway. YES. I totally agree. It is so much harder with one. Throw those expectations of productivity out the window. It just never happens.
love, meg
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