We celebrated Alex's adoption day last Saturday. The official day the adoption was final was the 15th. While the year went quickly, it also feels like Alex has been with us for much longer. It has been such a wonderful year, and our lives have been so enriched by his presence!
To celebrate his special day we talked with him more about adoption and what it means and showed him his scrapbook from our trip to Ukraine. He was much more interested this time and did ask a few questions. We just want to make sure he knows it is not something to hide, but something to celebrate! Also, we want him to feel that we can talk about it anytime he wants to, and ask us questions. We also had a prayer time together.
We also gave him a gift- a train that he had really wanted. It is big enough to put his little people in so he was really happy about it! Then, he got to pick what he was going to have for dinner on his special day. He and I went shopping for it the day before- he picked hot dogs, tater tots, fries, and watermelon!
I am working on the report Ukraine asks us to send after the first year and it has been so neat to reflect on all of Alex's accomplishments and milestones this year. He has come so far! God is so good!
Pics from our special day:
