"I'm cute and I tire my parents out!" Anyone who knew me in college is well aware of the fact that when I was 19, I could survive on four hours of sleep a night. No such luck anymore - by the time Veronica and D.J. finally go to sleep, I'm ready to conk out and not wake up until she pokes me at 6:00 in the morning. This new sleep pattern has resulted in many projects remaining unfinished, mainly laundry, my dissertation, and this blog.
Thanksgiving has passed and we welcome another Holiday season. We were originally going to spend the long weekend in our sweats and eating turkey, but our friends from church graciously invited us to Thanksgiving dinner. It was D.J.'s first public party - and he was a hit! Of course, Mommy and Daddy forgot to take any pictures, so we hope someone will graciously email us some digital copies (hint, hint). Veronica had a great time, too. She spent the whole time following around a five-year old girl name Olivia. This was great for Olivia, who was used to being the youngest kiddo at every family function.
So now reel in Christmas. One thing we have accomplished was taking our family Christmas photo, which I am proud to say includes our mutt, Maggie. It took several takes and Maggie's eyes still look freaky, but at least everyone is looking in the same general direction.
We were very pleased with Veronica, for whom it takes an act of God to make her smile. Don't believe me? Check out her preschool picture:
Erek's trick was to tickle her at just the right moment for our family picture.
Anyway, along with all the holiday happenings, many things are going on in the House of Borowski. D.J. saw a pediatric pulmonologist this week, who thinks many of his problems may be due to reflux. We are following his orders carefully, but only time will tell if this protocol will help him. However, he has been sleeping well (most of the time), but you can tell that his tummy hurts when he does wake up.
On Monday, our social worker will be making her first post-placement visit. For those of you unfamiliar with the adoption process, several post-placement reports have to be written after a child from Korea is placed with a family. After these reports are finished (for us it will be May of 2007), we can file to legally adopt D.J. As you may guess, May cannot come fast enough for us.
So that's the update for this week. Until next time....
