HE IS HERE!!!

HE IS HERE!!! I cannot tell you how excited I am. He was asleep when they came and so I carried him in in his car seat. He is still in an infant carseat (9 months old mind you). So I sat him in the living room and let him sleep. Bear just sat and looked at him. After some paper work signing and such he began to wake up. I ran in there to get him and he looked at me and smiled! HE SMILED! I love my little boy! Such a smiley little man! He and Bear sat and played on the floor together. Okay so Bear sat and took all Moe's stuff out of his box that came with him. His caseworker brought some gifts (wrapped) from Moe's family to put under the tree. Yeeeaaaaah that lasted about 5 minutes before Bear tore into one of them. It didn't help that when the lady dropped the gift on the floor it started lighting up and singing. Hmmmm wonder what's in the package!
So my assessments so far are that he is BEHIND. He is not crawling and cannot pull himself to a standing position. I am big on milestones and getting them to where they are "supposed" to be so I love working with them on that! He is not really eating real food and they sent some stage 1 and 2 jarred baby foods with him. He cannot "feed" himself yet... meaning that he cannot pick up a cheerio and place it in his mouth. And he was progressing so well when he left 4 MONTHS AGO! It makes me sad. I guess everyone has their own parenting style but I would figure they would have kept up with him learning to develope!
I gave them a bath together tonight... It was so much fun to have both my boys together again. They play so nicely together. Getting them out and ready for bed is the hard part. My plan is to just bring clothes/diapers into the bathroom with us (it's nice and toasty in there) and take one out and dress him and then the other. Carry Moe while Bear walks to his room. Sit and read to them and pray together and put Bear to bed then carry Moe to bed.
Tonight he cried real hard before actually falling asleep. It was his hardest time yet. I have done it once with him (just held him through his fears and screaming) I am in it to do it again. I know it will take some time to adjust yet again. My heart aches for him and all he has been through at such a young age. Hopefully he will remain here until the parents either get their act together or TPR happens. One or the other. God don't let him continue on in this back and forth living. It has got to be hard on an infant. A parent/guardian's face is a baby's road map it is said. They study you and learn you and you become their safe haven and familiar place that they love to be with. So when you keep moving them then they become insecure and very frightened. I will earn his love and trust all over again and reassure him that WE ARE HIS SAFE PLACE AND WE WILL LOVE HIM ALWAYS!
I went through the box that they sent with him. I think 10% of what they sent he can actually wear. OH that irritates me to no end. I got a lot of the clothes back that I SENT WITH HIM 4 MONTHS AGO! OH AND.... 1 DIAPER! I am so glad that Bear just moved up. I had about 3 left of that size. I will have a trip to the store tomorrow for clothes, diapers, and food and hopefully a car seat and/or crib. We are going to need it all apparently.
so here is his new face and hair. I love this little man! So precious. He was attempting to eat a baby Mum mum. You will see it all over his face.



Thanks for all your prayers. Blessings!