A week already!

I can't believe Henry Joon Seong has been home a week already! He has done remarkably well, and we've really seen proof of Henry becoming more comfortable in the past couple days. He now is following the girls around everywhere. Lydia loves this and Trixie is trying to like it. I think I mentioned this before, but Henry definitely thinks the coolest toy in the house is whatever Lydia or Trixie are playing with! Henry will even let me get out of his line of vision for a couple minutes before coming over for a hug.

That's a huge improvement and shows he's really becoming comfortable.

Henry absolutely loves to go walking outside and when he's fussing being outside magically makes him happy. Two families on our cul-de-sac have dogs. Henry is mesmerized by the dogs. He just stands and stares and watches them. The dogs come right over and bark at us, but Henry is not scared. I have to wonder if he ever saw dogs up close in Korea. I get the idea that not many people over there own dogs for pets.

I must brag for just a minute! I have been doing a few signs with Henry ever since we got him in Korea. I've been doing milk, drink, eat, and more. Well, day before yesterday he made the "more" sign himself!!! He was eating some applesauce (which seems to be one of his favs) and desperately wanted some more and he made the sign instead of reaching and grunting. I was so excited!! I started clapping for him and then he started clapping. He has been using that sign regularly ever since. I really thought it would be quite a while before Henry Joon Seong made any signs on his own.

Here's another little interesting thing Brent and I have noticed. Ever since we brought Henry home he has slept all night through in his crib every other night. The off nights he wakes up for a bottle and then won't return to his crib. We've also given Henry a bath every other night (the nights he's slept straight through). We're wondering if maybe taking a bath helps him to sleep all night, so tonight we did an experiment. Even though we gave Henry a bath last night, we gave him another one tonight and are curious to see if he'll sleep through the night. If he does -- you guessed it!-- he gets a bath every night! Here's hoping...

A couple last quotes to leave you with. Lydia is always telling Henry how much she loves him and that's what she tells other people, too. Trixie, however, has some other thoughts. Here's an interchange between her and a family friend:

Friend: Trixie, Henry's home and you get to keep him, right?

Trixie: Yeah, FOREVER! (the voice inflection did not make is sound all that great)

Friend: What do you think of Henry?

Trixie: He gets into my stuff and decorations all the time!