Week 2...still alive

Our official 2 weeks home was last Friday and things are going great. Cash still has a touch of "time zone" lag, but being on Korea time for the last 9 months is going to take a little while to get over. He slept through the whole night for the first time last Friday night, so there is hope! Considering that we have not been very good about keeping him on a regular schedule with all the visitors and house guests we have had it's no wonder. And this week, on Friday morning, we will be flying to Montana to spend the holidays with family. So, the regular schedule may have to wait til New Years. Daddy is ready for it now, but it just doesn't work that way. Cash is really doing well though. He is happy unless hungry, sleepy or his diaper is full. His Grandma Marlene visted this weekend and he took to her very well. He also had his first visit to the nursery at Church which was a huge milestone since we have not left him since we came home. Mom cried...baby didn't. He was able to stay for the entire service and they said he was very happy and played alot. Well, he's awake now so time to go. Here's a few new pics of our boy. Happy Holidays to all of you.

Week One - Come and Gone

Cash has been home now for one week, and we are all still alive and well. He has done extremely well at bonding with Kevin and I and is adjusting to our home better than we could have ever imagined. Every night has gotten better with his sleep habits as he adjusts to our time which is 13 hours difference from Korea time. The first two nights he was up at 1am ready to play which he did until 5am. Ugh. Last night, he went to bed at 8:30pm, woke once at 2am for a bottle and was back asleep by 3am straight thru to 7:30am this morning. Not bad at all! He has been sleeping in his crib since the first night with no complaints which we are pleasantly surprised about since he was sleeping in the "traditional family bed" in Korea which means the whole family slept together on a bed on the floor. He seems to love his crib and is happy to just lay in it and play once he wakes up. What a good baby. He eats like a champ, which you can tell from his pictures. Loves pears, bananas, sweet potatoes and rice cereal. The proteins...not so much. I even pureed chicken and turkey in my Cruisinart with veggies and tried to get him to eat that. Yay, he proceed to spit it at me. Guess that's a no. I think we will try mac & cheese today and see if that's better. He had his first doctor visit on Tuesday and passed with flying colors. He has acutally lost 2 lbs. since being home which puts him at 19 lbs and 28 inches long. We attribute that to letting him be very active by walking in his stroller and crawling. Yesterday he pushed himself up on all fours for the first time and he and mommy were both so surprised all we could do was sit and laugh at each other. He gets around like little speed racer and won't be long before he's walking I'm sure. Time to baby proof all the cabinets. The biggest milestone of the week though was yesterday when daddy started up his motorcycle to see if his son was going to take to it right away or cry. Well, the verdict is in. He's is definetely all boy! Kevin started up that big ole' KTM and Cash just laughed and laughed. Not scarred one little bit. He couldn't take his eyes off Kevin as he rode around him and up and down the street. Finally, we just sat Cash right on the seat with Kevin and Cash took ahold of the throttle. Daddy couldn't have been beaming more! Guess we will be buying a 50cc not too far down the rode. God help me.
It has been such a whirlwind week that I can't believe it's come and gone all ready. I don't know what we did to deserve it, but thus far our son's adjustment to us and our home has been a text book example. There is no question that he was meant to be in our family and we can't remember what it was like before he was here.