And So Begins the Chaos

Asleep on the long car ride home.

Originally posted May 17, 2011

We made it home!  Actual arrival time was around 4pm Monday the 16th.  Christian officially turned 19 months old just two days before.

We had a grand four day adventure back and he was a trooper.  We traveled about 6 hours each day with stops at hotels and one wonderful visit with friends in Alabama.  That was about Christian’s car seat limit even with breaks to run around and ignore 4 people’s calls to come back or stop.  (Yeah, we need to work on that one – he’s FAST!)

When we got home and began to unload and unpack, we began to realize just how NOT toddler proof our house is.  I mean, really, everywhere we turn are things to push, pull, mess with, climb on, or bang that really shouldn’t be messed with by tiny fingers.

Today, naptime ended earlier than expected.  Christian hollered out to let us know he was awake.  About a minute later he met dad at the bottom of the stairs after climbing out of the crib and down a set of fairly steep stairs.  Tomorrow we get a crib tent!

As I type, Paul is busily adding cabinet and drawer latches as needed as well as coming up with a plan to keep Christian away from computers.  The girls school books are safely tucked away in a cabinet secured by a dog collar.  (All those child proof locks for cabinet doors were also nearly adult and big sister proof.  The dog collar is too hard for him to unbuckle right now. :-)  Go dad!

I’m sure Christian is wondering when we will get back in the car and go to the next place.  We, however, are relishing the fact that we are home and plan to stay for some time.  We are working on a routine and looking for our new normal of when we get up, go to bed, eat, play, work, and do chores.  We spend every moment we can speaking love and truth over Christian.

Truths like:

“You were fearfully and wonderfully made.”  Psalm 139

“The Lord knows the plans for you, to give you a future and a hope.” Jeremiah 29:11-14

“He chose you before the foundations of the world.” Ephesians 1:4

“Before you were formed in your mama’s tummy, God knew you and loved you.”  Jeremiah 1:5

You are loved and wanted.  You are not a mistake.  You are not a throwaway.  You were prayed for many months before you joined our family.

These are the truths to combat the lies of rejection from the enemy.  If you have a moment, please pray these over him with us and any other adopted children in your life.

Our bigger family!

A very tired boy playing with a new car toy before bed.