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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
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these are precious!
and your oldest is getting so big!
how has he been doing?
These are so precious, especially the second one.
I'm so happy for you guys! What a wonderful, happy family.
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The pictures really tell the story. The boys are so happy to have one another again, it's unbelievable how much they love they share. It overwhelms us on a daily basis to see them play so well together, all day long. Of course, we're thrilled with the whole arrangement, too!
J's hilarious (thank goodness for the Serious family!), expressive, and such a joy to be around. His favorite word is "why?" He is starting to figure out what this change means, that we'll be leaving soon, and that his life will be very different, including a new language. At the end of his going away party at the orphanage, they asked if he had anything to say, and in addition to thanking everyone, he told them all that he would return from the US to visit, just as M had. It really made everyone tear up and smile all at the same time.
M's doing awesome. He's really happy to be able to have this time in Peru, and he's seriously been so caring and sweet with J. Without any exaggeration, he's the best big brother; we couldn't have hoped for it to go so well. He's also a little nervous about how J's addition will impact him in terms of our love, which is completely understandable, especially since so much of our attention during J's transition has to be on J. We are doing our best to help him with that as much as we can.
In other ways, M's been a superstar. He's become really great at putting up with all the inconveniences of travel, is working on school work almost daily while we're here, and helps around the house when he can. In general (at home), he's gotten really well adjusted and l think loves our life. He trusts us completely and is starting to think about what his future might hold, which is *huge*.
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Reading your first post gave me chills and these pics made me tear up. I'm sure M is over the moon (as are you and your H)!!! How is J handling everything?
And, sorry, I should have lead with this--CONGRATS!!!
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this is awesome!
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J's doing great, too. He's starting to realize that he's not as limited as he was before and that he'll have more (in terms of food, toys, and even toilet paper), and is trying to figure out what his new boundaries are. He's also still in that stage where while he's very happy to be with us, he doesn't know what will happen if we get really mad, so he's nervous if he thinks he's screwed up. With the language barrier, it's hard for us to sit him down and have a conversation about our rules/expectations, so he's having to go step by step to figure it out. We're trying to get our lawyer to help us with some of this by having him interpret a bit for us, but mostly we communicate through my broken Spanish.
I know it's got to be so tough on him, but at least we have M's experience to somewhat guide us. J's a trooper, though, he's already showing many signs of being more at ease with us. I'm sure M has a lot to do with that, and it's going to be a bit trying once he and my husband leave and I'm still here, dragging J to all sorts of embassy appointments.
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Thanks, Boxer. We set out to share what we had with someone who might not get those kinds of chances/opportunities. We always wanted kids, but never expected how much these two would bring to our lives. They are without a doubt the bravest people I know. They are survivors who have suffered more than anyone should in an entire life. They have taught me patience, the truest form of forgiveness and redemption, what it's like to love someone you once thought you hated. I have witnessed unbelievable growth in M. I have been blessed to meet all their orphanage "brothers and sisters" and get to know them; they are now an odd and wonderful extension of our family. We have also welcomed their orphanage "mamas" into our lives with open arms; they loved and protected and raised my sons when I couldn't be there. It's unbelievable how much these boys have brought into our lives. We thought we were reaching out to them, but they truly have changed our lives in countless ways we could never have imagined.
And now, we've agreed to work with our agency and the orphanage to get more of their "brothers and sisters" adopted. There are so many waiting families and waiting children, but no one's matching them. We're going to try to facilitate the process.
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Congratulations!
Those boys look so excited!
I was teary through the whole thing, but that made me cry. So amazing and awesome.
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Yeah, I'm definitely doing that look the other way and pretending I'm not wiping a couple tears away at my desk thing now. Nothing to see here folks.
I am so very happy for your whole (extended) family!