Friday, August 14, 2009

August 13-14 Settling in to a family of four

Tummy time!

Many adopting families stay at the Halifax. There are albums full of stories of families who have stayed here. Most seem to be from Norway and Sweden. It is great fun reading through these albums. Currently, we are the only family here. We are hoping some families come in soon.

There are 3 large bulletin boards of pictures of children who have been adopted. We can't wait to add Silas's picture up here.

Sleeping angel (in a pack-in-play)

Over the past two days, we have spent time relaxing at the hotel, getting to know Silas and growing as a family of four. We are mainly staying around the hotel for the next couple weeks to help with the transition. Brian and Lucia are able to get out and go to the parks to play, which is nice.


On Thursday, we went to the notary to have all of our documents notarized, which includes our fingerprints. That was the big outing of the day, and that was only a couple blocks away! This is all good though, b/c we need this time as a family to just settle into our new normal. We are so thankful God has given it to us.


Things are going smoothly and we will continue to keep you updated!

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Unknown said...

Dear Kirklands,
Abe, Samira and I have enjoyed looking at the pics and seeing what you guys are up to. Abe said he likes the first picture. Tell Lucia we all said hello and we think her baby brother is so cute!