A Great Day!

So, many of you must have been praying after my last post! It may have come across as a little bit of a downer, but I am hoping that you see it more as a reality check. But we had a great day today, and I wanted to post about it.

We had a quiet morning at home. Jacob likes being at home, but it seems to be that when we go out, he clams up. Our first thought was that maybe he isn't ready to go out, but then we decided that maybe going out with just our family and then coming home would be good for him to feel secure. So after nap time, we went out.

We went to pet.sm.art and looked at the birds, fish, rodents, reptiles, and cats. The boys had a blast, and Jacob started to open up. He only wanted to be held if he wanted see something that was up high. He was running around and even cracked a few smiles. He was very interested in the animals, and he enjoyed looking at them. And Elijah had fun too. Elijah was so excited to see the animals. This is the first time I have brought him to the pet store. So that was a hit!

And then we went out to eat. We went to a local Korean restaurant. We were a little concerned that it might be too soon, but turns out it wasn't. He ate so good! The only thing that didn't work out is he ate something that hurt the sore in his mouth. And he screamed and cried. He has some lungs on him, so the entire restaurant was looking at us. I don't really care, though. After he calmed down, I announced (now that we had everyone's attention) that he had a sore in his mouth and the food hurt him. So back to eating. He cracked a few more smiles. He was so cute with his chop sticks. Even Elijah tried to use them!

Then we went to a playground. The boys had a blast. It was 7pm by this time, and the sun was below the trees. It was beautiful weather. We all had such a great time. Jacob was laughing and smiling. Then we all held hands on the way back to the car. We ran down this little hill, and it was like something from a movie. The boys were laughing and had a great time. Then Jacob smiled and sang all the way home - in the car! in his carseat! !!!! HUGE! Thank you for your prayers as he continues to adjust!