6 weeks later...

Six weeks after leaving the orphanage, Lucas is doing amazingly well.  He has 2 bottles of formula a day (which is how we are now getting the contacts in and out - no screaming, crying, trauma, etc. - he may be having bottles for a long time to come!), he eats everything we feed him and constantly wants more, he almost never spits up/throws up anymore, we don't have to have a towel under his neck when he drinks his bottle to catch the overflow (in fact he doesn't miss a drop now!), he is signing "more" consistently, waves hello and goodbye, blows kisses and is smiling more and more every day.  We are getting eye contact more frequently and he is finally showing signs of attaching to us.  We think he is going to be quite a little character as his vision develops and he becomes more outgoing.

We have an appointment at the University of Waterloo with a pediatric optometrist who was helping us when we first received Lucas's referral.  We are so excited that she is going to take Lucas on as a patient and that she can get us in this week.  This will be our first specialist who can finally give us some information on the health of his eyes and whether we could potentially be looking at more surgery sooner than later.   We have cancelled our Sick Kids appointment as we were able to get into McMaster in Hamilton on October 9th, which is a month sooner for orthoptics and opthamology.  Lots of learning for us too and hoping we will maybe get an updated prescription and a sense of how his vision is developing.  We are expecting to have to patch his left eye to help strengthen his right, which won't be fun, but want to get going on it to give him every chance possible to develop as much functional vision as possible.

We had a busy weekend with the Apple Butter and Cheese Festival in Wellesley on Saturday morning, followed by the Mid-Autumn Festival with other families who have adopted from Vietnam and China.  It was great to see some of our friends there, especially the family who visited Lucas when he was in the orphanage during their own adoption trip.  Looking forward to Thanksgiving next weekend when we get together with all my Heise cousins (aunts, uncles, first cousins, their kids, my family - everyone who is in Ontario at least!).

Here are a few pics from the last couple of weeks!