Another day

Well, we survived another day! Jetlag seemed to be worse yesterday for some reason so Maiya is crashing at 4pm then up at 2am, and since my mom is sharing a room with her she is getting the worst of it. Everyone napped this afternoon and despite some resistance I managed to drag everyone out for dinner for our first dinner outside the room. Hoping we will maybe be on track for tomorrow now.

It was another interesting day in the world of infant contacts! The good news is we got them in again, and didn't lose any today. The lenses cost about$140 per lens (not per pair! ) so we are constantly on the lookout to make sure they stay put. We brought a backup pair just in case but would prefer not to need them! It is scary to go anywhere as we worry about finding them if they fall out somewhere, so we have to get used to that new reality. We are starting to feel more comfortable that they will stay in with regular activities, but haven't gotten used to the panic every time he wakes up or rubs his eyes. I am sure that will come in time but it's definitely a learning curve! The bad news is we couldn't get them out tonight so he is sleeping with them in. It isn't that big of an issue but we want to get in the habit of daily removal and figuring all this out without anyone showing us what to do makes it a bit more challenging! We will hopefully see his opthalmologist before we leave but don't know when that will happen yet.

He had a good day today and we definitely see a difference when the lenses are in. He still can't see much, but he definitely tries to focus more when they are in. I think he's probably around the 6mth mark developmentally. They say there is often a 2 month delay for every month in an orphanage, so given that plus the vision, he is a actually doing ok. He played with toys a bit more today and loves to be thrown up in the air. He did a bit more babbling today and we tried to teach him how to pick up Cheerios, but he doesn't have the fine motor yet for that.

Tomorrow is the big day and we head to our Giving and Receiving ceremony at 10am. After that he will legally be our son and we move onto the immigration paperwork part of things.

We still can't access the blog so hopefully posts are showing up ok. Here are some pics of us at the orphanage Saturday - one is our last pic as a family before meeting Lucas, a happy big sister shot after we saw him,and one of his crib with the gift our friends delivered for us in June.