We began our trip home a week ago today. While I will fill in some of
the blanks of our time in country eventually, this isn't that day. Today I reflect upon settling in with Sonnet. After advocating for her for nearly two years, and honestly struggling about bringing home a child this young and this needy, I am surprised to find that she seems to have filled a gap we didn't even realize we had. Everyone is just smitten with this tiny little girl.
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| This is what HAPPY looks like! |
Sonnet's needs are great. She appeared to literally be starving when we took custody of her. We were concerned that she wouldn't tolerate food, but WOW you should see her eat! In spite of very, very rotten teeth she can pack away three meals and snacks beside! Her Cerebral Palsy is the most severe of any of our children, and has already required us to get some special equipment to care for her needs. Her global delays put her at about the level of a 6-9 month old baby. The biggest surprise of all is that she has seizures. We have already taken her to Cincinnati Children's Hospital for an EEG and are awaiting those test results. Our big marathon of doctor and dentist appointments begin next week.
Having given the run down on her needs one might think we are struggling, but honestly this has been the easiest adjustment of them all. I am typically knocked off my feet with jet lag for several weeks following the trip. We arrived home on Saturday, and it was a rough weekend. Monday started out feeling like JET LAG will kill me, but it has just gotten better since. I simply cannot believe that one week in I feel like we have hit our stride of the new normal. In fact I told Ethan just last night that I'm waiting for the proverbial shoe to drop because it just seems too smooth. Are we in our honeymoon period of the adoption? Perhaps, but I'll take it!
Here is a look at our morning. The kids were just hanging out after breakfast and playing with one another. Sweet times.
Had anyone told me that well into my fifties I would again have six children of my own at home I would have laughed at them. It wasn't my plan. But I'm thankful that God's ways are not our ways and His plans are not our plans. Sonnet was worth all the sleepless nights, the paperwork, the hassle and the worry. I am one truly blessed mama and having the time of my life!
