We have been home for a little over 4 months. Life is good…great…We love our J Luke and can’t imagine life without
him!
My last post ended
with us coming home, cocooning in Seattle and waiting for our pediatrician appointment. I will start there to catch everyone up. J Luke’s first appointment went great. Our doctor was so impressed with how healthy
he is due to the pneumonia and bronchitis he fought during the first 4 months
of his life. He had blood work done
which was more traumatic for me than him…I cried. We also had to do the wonderful parasite test…those
of you who have had to “scoop” understand how lovely this was. All the tests came back clear, our doctor
gave him a clean bill of health and said that we really won the lottery with
him...we told her that we had everyone praying for healing….and with J Luke getting
a clean bill of health, 5 days after leaving Ethiopia with him so sick with
bronchitis, we know that God healed our sweet little boy!
The last four month have been busy, transitioning from 2 to
3, a few sleepless nights and then the celebration of sleeping through the
night, saying dada…mama, crawling,
rolling over, eating solids, teething… all the moments that make us smile and
clap our hands, saying yeah… Gobez…as we rejoice with J Luke. These moments are all a first for us and oh
the fun we are having. I can’t explain
the joy that he has brought into our lives and the overflowing love that we
have, that continues to grow deeper each day.
When we got home from Ethiopia (March), we started our
cocooning process. We hung out at home,
just the 3 of us and we also took our first family adventure to Lopez Island, a
small island in the San Juan Islands. It
was so laid back and relaxing. One of
our Young Life families let us stay at their beautiful home…on the ocean, with
amazing views…we were spoiled. We spent
time together, just the three of us…enjoying us…definitely one of our favorite
adventures with J Luke.
As I type, J Luke is playing with his toys, shaking his
rattle, looking at me with his HUGE brown eyes and my heart melts. I love being his mom…I love that God chose me
for him and him for me. He is truly an
amazing little man that I am so thankful for.
