Home for a week

What a week!

Mark and I were tired from being in China for 3 weeks and the fight home got us totally jet-lagged.  It took Joseph 3 days to get adjusted to the time change and started sleeping though the night.  It is taking a little longer for us to adjusted but we are feeling better everyday.

Joseph likes to get out and reminds me he wants to go bye-bye.  So we get out and make short trips to the store or grab lunch...he does well in restaurants, it has been the norm in China.  Here are some snapshots of our week.

We went swimming with Ji-Ji.

Went to Costco to pick up a few things and stopped for pizza because he wanted one but ended up eating my hotdog, he liked it better.  So the western food he likes is Cheerios, Chick-fil-e nuggets with lots of ketchup, pizza and hotdog.  We can those few items to the few things he will eat now.

We went to the park.  Pictures can say a million words.

Went to the local Mall, and what kid doesn't like to ride one of these.  I got him an ice cream cone but still don't know what to do with it.  It is cold and he is not use eating anything cold and licking is foreign to him.  In the orphanage, the kids are served warm milk and room temperature beverages.  The Chinese culture believe feeding children anything cold makes them sick.

We went to the largest Asian Market in Austin to look for the type of noodles he use to eating in China.  Unfortunately I could not find it.  It may be a good thing since it is not too healthy.  Joseph had fun riding this bus on our way out.

He went to the local Target...

Had lunch with Ji-Ji and he loves, loves her.  The fist thing he say to her is I love you in English and in Chinese.  He is eating Chinese Steamed Bun style sandwich.  Sandwich is foreign to him also, the different layers of texture is something he is not use to.

He doesn't know what prayer is but he follows what we tell him.  At first he laughed but now he know it is serious.  I want to thank everyone for the meals that were provided.  It has been great and Joseph has an opportunity to try something new.

Joseph need to catch up and play and explore...all the things he did not get to do in the orphanage.  We let him do just about anything, long as it is not harmful to him.  It is amazing after 4 weeks with us he understand us and follows simple instructions.  He know he can play with anything in the kitchen as long as it is not glass or chemicals.

Joseph gets super excited when Mark gets home from work.  Unfortunately he can't stay up all night paying with his daddy but get ready for bed shortly after.  There is nothing worse for Joseph than going to bed.  He knows bedtime follows a bath so he refuse taking a bath now.  Seeing him trying to run away and fight us is hilarious.  We actually put him in the tub fully clothed...he thought it was so funny he laugh through the bath.  Mark is great making bed time fun.  We spent about 10 minutes laughing getting dressed.  Pictures say it all.

Joseph is adjusting so well.  I love to watch him sleep, there nothing sweeter that watching a child sleep.  We are seeing the fruits of all the prayers prayed over him.  Thank you to everyone out there that has prayed for Joseph.  I praise God for his faithfulness in my life.  I can rest in Him and know he is in control.  So thankful!!!