Our first day...

by the grace of God, it has been an EXTREMELY good first 36 hours back. Harry is adjusting well thusfar - better than we dared dream. While he didn't sleep at all the first night, last night he slept 11 hours - from 8:30 p.m til after 7:30 a.m.! Skip & I on the other hand, are another story where sleep is concerned :)

He's using more and more English, and understands 90% of what we tell him (somehow). He just loves the dog, and surprisingly, Sabaka has not barked at him once. See, Sabaka, all 12 pounds of him, thinks he's the protector here, and normally barks at ANYONE he hasn't seen before. With Harry, it's as if he knew he was coming. He licked his face the first time he saw him, and they're best buddies already!

He thoroughly enjoyed his Spaghettio's for lunch yesterday, and our first dinner at home was an American Classic - Chinese take-out!  Harry ate sweet & sour chicken, fries, fried rice & white rice. He passed on the chow mein & egg foo yong, but that's fine - we'll ease him into it!

Today he's doing his movie star imitation - walking around the house with dark shades on, and is quite comical. He loves the freedom to play outside without the event being a major production. He does however not like to come back in, but we're working on controlling his outbursts over it.

 Yesterday it was warm (50ish) so I didn't even bother with ski pants obviously, but today its in the 30's and suggested them to him. He resonded, "No, no, no". He's acclimating!  Right now Mike is replacing our mailbox, so both boys are out in the driveway with him. Harry insisted on the shades, which of course inspired Skip to wear his. Let me tell you - they are a sight!

Watching them play together like they are makes the past 4-year-struggle bearable (well...almost!)