Incredibly blessed!
Exhuasted!
Incredibly blessed!
Overwhelmed!
Incredibly blessed!
Exhausted!
Incredibly blessed!
Overwhelmed!
Incredibly blessed!
That about sums up how Sam and I both feel, most of these days! Sometimes we feel just one of those, some times we just feel two, and sometimes we feel all three!
Lillyana is ... soo amazing and we truly are ALL so in love!
We are SO THANKFUL for her!
The other kids, really are doing so great!
The overall transition from 6 to 7 really has gone so good, Lillyana is a very happy and even keel baby. I think the most difficult part has been how exhausted Sam and I both have felt, me perhaps a bit more (okay a lot more, as I've had to also go through all of the HEALING from labor and delivery which in itself is difficult).
I was honestly MOST worried about how Jase would do, as he is still so new, and with attention being taken away from him. He quite frankly has done better then some of our other jewels. From day one, Jase seemed to know how to treat and interact with Lillyana. I am sure he has been around babies before, as he was an instant natural with her, knowing to be gentle and quiet. In China Jase was a part of a large community (village) that had about 300 foster children in care, where babies/kids were constantly coming in and leaving. So it makes sense that he would know how to interact with Lillyana. He really is very sweet with her. He often says ""soo cute." Which is cute in itself. He also will sit beside me when I feed her, and he sits nicely and gently (which is very impressive for a VERY active 2 year old).
Jase has been HOME for 7 months now ... and he is still doing SOOO good. And it still feels like he has ALWAYS been part of our family! I don't take attachment for granted, whether it is the new child attaching to the parent or the parent attaching to the new child as both can be extremely difficult and hard (...). Well for us WITH Jase, both have been seamless. He feels 100% like he is a part of our family! We do think he is a lot like Curious George. Jase is extremely sweet, cute, fun, and curious =)
All of the other kids adore Lillyana too, and really are doing so good with her. For some it is a bit of a learning curve as they have never been around babies. She certainly gets a lot of kisses & affection just from them ... especially from her oldest biggest brother (and oldest biggest sister), who seems to be her biggest admirer (of course outside of her mom & dad). He is constantly loving on her, it is very sweet. He is actually like that with all of his younger siblings, it is awesome to watch!
On Sunday, Lillyana will be 5 weeks old.
I took the above pictures yesturday =)
THANK YOU JESUS for our 7th jewel, and for covering and protecting our family during this time of once AGAIN transition! I still am in a bit of a shock, that I (ME) AM THE MOM TO SEVEN KIDS!!!
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