About Me
- JEM826
- My name is Jenny, and I am married to my wonderful husband Andy. We are the proud parents of Owen Daniil, who we adopted from Russia. Our Gotcha Day was 02/08/2011. Our family is a true gift, and we feel very blessed that God chose each one of us as members. I am not good at blogging, I'm just starting out and getting used to it. However, I am hoping to share some stories about our family. Welcome to my crazy, but wonderful, life!
Monday, March 12, 2012
Sunday, March 11, 2012
25 months and so smart!
Owern turned 25 months on 2/29. Or should I say, between 2/29/ and 03/01, LOL:) He is getting so smart and I really think he's quite witty. On Friday, I put an OSU onsie on him, and it had a bit O in the middle of it. I worked on teaching him to say it was an 'O' and asking him to point to the 'O'. Which he did very well. Plus, he remembered that the 'O' started the O-H-I-O above the head the buckeye fans do. Well. the next night, I was wearing a buckey shirt as was Andy, and I asked Owen if I had an 'O' on my shirt, and he found it right away and said 'O'! I think it is great that we are working on O since it's what his name starts with too. LOL!
He's also really started trying to say more sentences. He tried to copy my sentence of daddy is watching basketball. You can tell he's really trying to work on his word sounds. He just amazes me. We've been trying to work on colors with him, but so far, that hasn't quuite sunk in yet. But, I just remind myself that he is only 25 months, and that he already does so many smart things, he's just taking in everything, and one day, it will come out;)
I think he is growing taller again, as his 18 month pants are starting to look shorter on him, though his waste is betweeen a 15 month old and 18 month old waste so, we'll see how his clothes continue to fit him. I cannot believe that he is 2, that we've had him home for a year, or that he is so bright and ornery. He just continues to amaze me and make me laugh.
We have been praying about what our next step will be in continuing to grow as a family. Any prayers any one wants to send our way are very welcome. We continue to hope that God may grant us the grace to conceive a child. However, especially since we brough Owen home, we feel the infertility, though difficult, is also a blessing. Had we conceived a child and not turned to adoption, we never would have had Owen, and I don't even want to think about that. So right now, we're just praying and trying to see where God is leading us to our next child.
I'm not going to say that I didn't miss getting to be the one to carry Owen and nourish him from day 1 through my body and at our home. Infertility and the idea of never carrying one of our children is still a difficult thing for me. But at the same time, Owen wouldn't be who he is if he didn't come from Russia. He couldn't be any more our son than he already is, he couldn't be any cuter than he already is, and he couldn't be any smarter than he already is. God knew this and he provided us the means and way to bring Owen home. The minute Andy and I heard of Owen, even before seeing pictures, we knew God had given us our son. There was never any doubt that we would say yes to the little guy, and our hearts burst with joy when we got the news.
No matter how our next child comes to us, we will have another unique experience, and we'll get to share it with Owen. We know God already knows who our next child is, and we cannot wait to be in on his little secret:)
He's also really started trying to say more sentences. He tried to copy my sentence of daddy is watching basketball. You can tell he's really trying to work on his word sounds. He just amazes me. We've been trying to work on colors with him, but so far, that hasn't quuite sunk in yet. But, I just remind myself that he is only 25 months, and that he already does so many smart things, he's just taking in everything, and one day, it will come out;)
I think he is growing taller again, as his 18 month pants are starting to look shorter on him, though his waste is betweeen a 15 month old and 18 month old waste so, we'll see how his clothes continue to fit him. I cannot believe that he is 2, that we've had him home for a year, or that he is so bright and ornery. He just continues to amaze me and make me laugh.
We have been praying about what our next step will be in continuing to grow as a family. Any prayers any one wants to send our way are very welcome. We continue to hope that God may grant us the grace to conceive a child. However, especially since we brough Owen home, we feel the infertility, though difficult, is also a blessing. Had we conceived a child and not turned to adoption, we never would have had Owen, and I don't even want to think about that. So right now, we're just praying and trying to see where God is leading us to our next child.
I'm not going to say that I didn't miss getting to be the one to carry Owen and nourish him from day 1 through my body and at our home. Infertility and the idea of never carrying one of our children is still a difficult thing for me. But at the same time, Owen wouldn't be who he is if he didn't come from Russia. He couldn't be any more our son than he already is, he couldn't be any cuter than he already is, and he couldn't be any smarter than he already is. God knew this and he provided us the means and way to bring Owen home. The minute Andy and I heard of Owen, even before seeing pictures, we knew God had given us our son. There was never any doubt that we would say yes to the little guy, and our hearts burst with joy when we got the news.
No matter how our next child comes to us, we will have another unique experience, and we'll get to share it with Owen. We know God already knows who our next child is, and we cannot wait to be in on his little secret:)
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