One month with Josiah

Today marks one full month since gotcha. We've been home 2 1/2 weeks now. It took at least a full week for everyone to adjust to this time zone, and I am happy to say that Josiah is sleeping through the night nearly every night! He is in a crib in our room, and he needs someone to be in there with him while he is falling asleep, but that's OK. He is still doing good with his siblings. The hardest duo is Olivia and Josiah, probably cause they are so close in age. They fight over toys sometimes, and whenever we are doing something with Josiah, like playing a tickling game or peek a boo, she wants to be right in the middle and doing it too. Josiah's tantrums have increased in intensity. He is pretty sensitive and will throw a fit at the seemingly tiny things. We are trying to work through these and figure out how best to handle it.

Hannah lost her first tooth and turned 6. These are pretty big milestones in our family and they happened only a day apart. My girl is growing up! She got to have a huge party with all of her class invited. We only do parties like this once or twice in their lives, so it was a pretty big deal.

Olivia learned how to ski without a harness and made it all the way down the hill without help! She was so proud of herself. Now we just need to teach her how to turn and steer a little better.

Joel is enjoying being back at school and loved talking to his class about all his adventures in China.