Friday, October 23, 2009

Enjoying Home and Fall






It is amazing how quickly Alex is getting adjusted to life here at home. Our melt downs have almost ceased. He is very happy and is really starting to be quite a character! It is fun to see his personality come out! The words are coming quickly and the language barrier is going away. He tells Adam "Stop it Adam" and "Knock it off Adam" He also knows the school bus and screams at the top of his lungs "ADAM!!!!!" He knows so many words.....All the animals names and some of his favorite sayings are "Good morning", "What are you doing?", "Bye Bye","Have a nice day!","Love you!"He says Hello Ma maw and Papaw.....so many that I can't mention all. It is amazing how quickly they learn our language when immersed in it!
Adam is loving having a little brother and Alex is responding the same. It has been nice to have fall break so they can spend some time together and the only down side will be when Adam goes back to school. Alex enjoys having him around!
When you ask Alex his name ....he still refers to himself as Albert......He is starting to say Alex but it is hard for him to say the X........That will come. He answers to both.....
We are truly blessed to have such a happy guy on our hands...he plays and sings and is just a joy to have around.

Monday, October 5, 2009

Adjusting at Home

Adam posted this post:
Today at home I was amazed that Alex wanted me to come in bed and snuggle with him.Earlier last week, Alex did really well with having very few meltdowns. Last night Dad sat outside his room while he fell asleep and was able to watch TV and he went to sleep with Dad outside his room. We are making progress and Alex is adjusting to life with us. Some neighbors next door were very nice and gave Alex some of their bicycles they had outgrown. Alex loves them. He was enjoying riding them around. This evening Alex showered with Dad and I, he was so excited that he was taking a shower with us.He went upstairs and fell asleep very quickly with Mom.