Officially home for 1 week...Happy First Birthday!

Micah has been officially "home" for 1 week, and what a week it has been.  He has been such a little trooper.  He must be exhausted.  One day this week I was printing off some papers in another room and when I walked back in the kitchen, I found Micah fast asleep on the dining room floor, sucking his little fingers (he sucks on the 3rd and 4th fingers to go to sleep!)  How tired do you have to be to fall asleep on tile? :)

Besides meeting all the new relatives, and getting used to crawling all over the house, we also had our first doctors visits.  First we did the well checks.  He is just 15 lbs at a year old, but he looks great the doc said.  His developmental stuff seems to be on track too.  He is crawling all over, and he pulls to stand.  He wants to walk so badly and it's the cutest thing ever.  He walks sideways.  Even if you are holding his fingers and trying to walk forward, he takes side steps.  The only thing we can figure is that he has never walked forward.  He is just used to walking sideways along the length and width of the crib he was in.  :)  He also copies everything we do...especially the shapes and sounds we do with our mouth and tongue.  He can do whatever we do.  And, speaking of mouth, this little kiddo loves food.  He gets so excited when he sees his bottle or food of some sort.  He starts waving his hands and saying, "Ni, ni, ni!"  I don't know if that is a Bengali word for food or if he is just making it up, but he says the same thing every time.  Our second visit was to the children's hospital to do all the lab work to make sure that he is healthy on the inside.  We are still waiting to hear back.

We also had our first post-placement visit this week with Amy, our social worker who did our home study.  Everything went well and she loved Micah!  Of course my kiddos were excited to share what they thought about having a new little brother too.  Hallie likes having a little brother with brown skin, Emma likes having someone else to play with, and Nathan is not too sure that he likes this little boy who hits him and tries to steal his cereal. :)

To top off the week, today Micah turns 1!  It seems kind of anti-climactic since we will be doing his little birthday party on Saturday night, but I am just so glad that we get to celebrate with him at home.  We are going to have a small party here at the house with David's family and two of my sisters coming over.  Emma was a bit worried about deciding the "theme" since we don't know what Micah likes, but I think a balloon and cake with a big "1" on it will be enjoyed just as much!  I'll try to post pics on Sunday of the birthday boy!