Life with Peter

Life with Peter

Life with Peter has been great. It still feels very, very surreal. Of course we have had some sleepless nights and a little sickness secondary to lack of sleep, but you will never find anyone who is happier about being tired than Lisa and I. Today, Monday, August 11, is our tenth day with him and we are still in Texas. Thanks to Minh and Jenny Le our stay has been very comfortable. Yet we long to bring him home. Please pray with us that the agencies involved will get their act together and make the one phone call we are waiting for so we can return home.

The weekend was a very special one. Before any of us had dreamed up this specific adoption, my parents and my brother's family had planned to be in Dallas for a wedding of a childhood friend, Amy Thompson. Joel and Cinthya had even planned on staying with Minh and Jenny. Therefore, we all had some sweet time of fellowship at the Le's house, and everyone got to meet Peter. Sunday we also had a wonderful surprise visit from Jeff and Meredith Price who were in Dallas for the weekend. What a joy it is to share our lives and live in fellowship with like-minded people.

Peter continues to do well overall and is getting over some nasal congestion that is apparently normal as babies clear residual amniotic fluid from their airways. He is opening his eyes much better at this point and is starting to have more awale moments. Sometimes I think he is really looking at me and other times I just think he is day dreaming. He still calms well when he is in the fetal position against our chest or on our shoulder. Lisa thinks he looks like George Bush in the eyes. Even though we have had our share of frustrations with the agencies involved and the process itself, Peter makes it all seem like trivial nonsense in comparison to the joy he is bringing to our lives. Thanks to all of you for the prayers and support you have given us. We love you all.