Well, the last few months have been incredible. Our boy came home just in time for Thanksgiving. We were fortunate enough to spend an amazing Christmas with him, a new Year, and now his first birthday. I feel like these months went by so fast. Everything was crazy and I felt like I couldn’t keep up. I am now just starting to catch up with the events in my life.
Life is starting to settle down a bit and return to normalcy. Julian is doing amazing. He is an incredibly smart kid with an amazing sense of humor and playfulness. Jo-Ann and I feel so lucky to have such a great kid in our lives.
The other day we were attending a service at a new Church we had just joined. The pastor talked about people in the congregation writing “their Story” on how Jesus has impacted their lives. I can’t help but feel blessed and have been outlining my story in my head for submission. I think about all the delay and trouble we went through to get to where we are today. Completely worth it and I can’t help but feel like it was all part of a larger plan. I have determined that all the delay we encounted was really because the child that was meant for us was not yet available. Julian was not ready for us yet. We did not know God’s plan at the time. Now it is clear. And Julian is a gift. Beautiful. Fun.
He has adapted so well to his new home and all the new strange smells. All the new sounds. Man, when I think about it, I can’t help but feel like he is such a brave little boy. It really is inspirational. I guess that is the word that best describes him, an inspiration.
One night I came home from a long night of work, Jo-Ann and Julian had already gone to bed, I walked into the bedroom and saw little Julian sleeping right next to his Momma. An interesting thought came over me. This is my family. This is my baby and the love of my life next to each other. Sleeping peacefully. How amazing. I had to take a picture, quietly of course.