Wow--we love him!!

These are just a few of the pictures from our first few days with Sergeis. He is such a wonderful boy! Sweet, nice, caring and all boy! He is wearing Craig out with soccer, sword fights, etc!!

He is calling us Mommy and Daddy and I just heard him yell out (in the middle of a foam sword fight) "Don't get my sister!!" talking about Eileen! Last night when we came home from a long weekend at Nana's, he said, "This is my home!"

We are really having such a wonderful time! Please keep the next 3 1/2 weeks in your prayers!!

Brooke

Sergejs is here!

Well after a very long delay at the airport due to weather in the north US, Sergejs arrived in Atlanta at 3:00 AM Wednesday morning, along with all the other host children in the Atlanta area! It was a very late night but he arrived happily and very awake! We all got to sleep around 6:00 and he woke up around 12:00--the rest of us around 10:00.
Today we went to the zoo! Everyone seemed to love it even though it was sprinkling and they put most of the animals out of the rain! We got annual passes though so we can go back. Sergejs said he wants to go again!
Tomorrow morning we are leaving for Nana's to have an early Christmas! I hope the ride isn't too long for him--we have been on the go since he got here!
He has been so wonderful! We haven't had any real problems with him. He does get a little impatient if he has to say more than once that he's hungry. :) And if he misunderstands something he really clams up. Last night I tried to explain that his friend from the airplane would be at church with us and he misunderstood and thought we were going to the church and he was going back to the airplane. I didn't know what was wrong for an hour--he just wouldn't talk and looked so very sad. He finally asked me if he was going back and I said, "Oh no--honey. You're coming with us." He was so happy after that.
He is a wonderful child and we just love him.
Thank you for the prayers--please keep 'em coming!
Brooke

Soon!

Well, Sergejs will be here soon. He arrives on Tuesday night at almost midnight and I am so excited!
We have continued to email--short, 2 or 3 words at most--so that is exciting. He doesn't know he's coming to us yet. From what I can understand I think he thinks that Rebeka is coming to us but I don't know. I worry that he is so happy to be coming back because he thinks he is coming to his summer host family. I hope he won't be disappointed to be with us and not them.
We are down to last minute preparations--cleaning, putting boy sheets on the top bunk, putting up sports sticker-type things on the walls and getting ready for Christmas. We are really very excited to have him here at Christmas and know that it will be such wonderful opportunity for him to learn more about Jesus and why He came here.
Please keep us in your prayers over the next few days.
Also--Anya (Jack & Stephanie's daughter) comes HOME tomorrow for good! We will be at the airport to welcome her and just CAN NOT wait to see her again! I am so happy for them as this hurdle is over. Please continue to pray for them as they learn to bond as a family and for Faith and Caleb as they learn to welcome another sister into the mix!

Brooke