Having fun on the trampoline

SPRING AT LAST

Well we are in the first days of spring and it could not have come sooner. I know we still have some cold days ahead of us but we do have definite signs of spring. Dave put the trampoline together and all 3 kids have been having fun on it. We have also discovered Max can ride a two wheel bike. We did have to give him a couple pushes at first to get him going but it didn't take long and he was off on his own. I am not sure if he knew how to ride before or not but he likes it.
Max is learning more and more English. We pretty much can figure out his needs and wants. If he has a long story to tell it's much harder. The other day I was in the bathroom and I hear a knock at the door. I said "who is it" and a deep voice answers me back "it's baba" I then say "o.k baba I will be out in a minute." He then says "what you doing" I say "I am in the shower" to which he replies "come on come on." He is so funny, I can not wait until we can really understand all of his humor. He does crack himself up sometimes and we have no idea what he has just said.
Max still likes to play his video games and watch movies. I really think it is his way of escaping. Now that the weather has been nicer he has spent much more time outside. He sat for awhile just watching an ant hill. It was so cute.
Every once in awhile he still will show his temper and stubbornness but it is getting less and less. I just love when he gets up in the morning and comes over to me to get snuggles and says "I love you mama your so cute." I guess I must have said that to him just about a million times.....well it's true. I am also so proud of Kim and Kasey for helping out with and loving Max like they do. It brought tears to my eyes seeing all three of them jumping on the trampoline together laughing and having fun.

Love is what binds us together...Col, 3:14

11 weeks home!!

Wow, I can not believe we have been home 11 weeks. We are all doing great! Max is learning new words everyday. I love hearing him speak English. I love hearing him speak Chinese also just don't understand it. A couple weeks ago Dave and I were sitting on the couch with Max and he said "Mama loves Baba, Baba loves Mama, Mama and Baba loves me." It did bring tears to my eyes, I thought wow he really gets that. He also says "come on come on" apple, orange, egg roll, hungry he says no a lot what 7 year old doesn't. Egg roll really, really, really, good. Mrs. Monahan (his teacher) is also really, really, good. He says, what you doing? Who did that? He says, I love you Mama a lot followed by, you ok. I am sure I am missing a lot of things he says.
On Tuesday we are going to start him in full day kindergarten. I know he will have fun with the other kids. He has had a boy from his class over and they have had fun playing. He is also taking a Karate class put on by the park district. I am not sure he likes it because he kept looking back at me and giving me the thumbs down. We also took a trip to Wis. Dells a couple weeks ago. He did o.k in the car but still says it makes him not feel well. He loved the water park and slides, no fear. Right now Max is mama's boy he wants mama to do everything for him. It's o.k with me I love it. He is always giving me hugs and kisses.
I know I probably do to much for him but I was giving him a bath the other night and washing his hair and his back and thought to myself I wonder if anyone had ever done this for him before. At that moment I thought well I am gonna I don't care if he can do it himself.
Well gonna go for now. I just can not tell you how blessed we feel to have Max a part of our family.