December 8, 2008 5:15pm (6:15AM EST)

Well, we did it…we busted out!

E came home with me on Friday, December 5 around 3:30pm. Today is Monday, December 08, 2008.

These last few days have been amazing! We woke up at 6am the first two days; and today, 7:30am. Well, I woke up to him wide awake playing on the bed. What a good boy!

I shower, do dishes and clean up while he’s either napping or playing. I’m constantly doing laundry since my inventory like towels and clothes are minimal, but it’s really not bad at all. I cook at least 3 times a day and try to prep for the big meals while he naps.

The biggest issue isn’t changing diapers or going on the ‘potty’ as I originally feared. There is a deep sadness at the end of every meal and the reality hits him when the bib comes off. This hasn’t been a pretty scene, but totally understandable given the babyhouse chow-times and processes they have there.

My day is essentially cleaning, laundry, cooking, feeding, changing, playing, cleaning the potty, cooking, feeding…and flying down the 5 flights to dump the trash then two-timing it up again while he’s out cold, bolting back in to take a peek on the little peaceful knocked-out sleeper…just to get the horrible thoughts during the 2 minute trash-expedition…not that anything really would happen, but I still can’t seem to change this little trash-procedure.

I’m busy! It’s awesome! The boy is amazing. He sleeps hard, he eats everything, he tolerates ‘on the potty’ time when we sing, well I sing, “La Dooschki”…this song apparently stimulates the bladder & bowels…? We both roll our eyes to this, so we usually cut it short after the point is known.

OK, the pictures finally uploaded….here are a few of him since bustin’ out of the babyhouse. The first picture is a little dark, but this is his face when he crawls from the other room to “surprise me” with a big grin. The next one is in the bedroom…he made it there on his own and was knocked out cold in 10 minutes from the time this picture was taken. Picture #3 is just a fun banana eating time…the sugars even in fruit upset his stomach so we’ll lay off the bananas for now…I wonder if he’ll enjoy a turnip this much? The next three pictures were taken last night at our first restaurant experience! He was amazing; everyone was so excited.

Tuesday we apply for his passport and I hope to be home in the next few weeks!!!