If Nathanael looked a little distressed in those pictures, it's because he was. Imagine having your world shaken like he did yesterday. Anyway, we had a good afternoon with him. Dan used M&Ms to gain his trust and Jennifer made great use of our magna doodle to get him playing. Everything went swimmingly until about 8:30 when he started acting more aggressive and was getting really tired. After trying to tear up a picture in his photo album, Dan took the picture away and the explosion happened. 45 minutes of uncontrollable crying...and probably grieving as well.
Finally about 9:30, he crashed into sleep and slept solidly until the next morning.
Here's what today looked like.
2 comments:
What great pictures! It looks like the new addition to the Torkelson family is coming along well. I can't imagine how difficult it is for a young child to have his whole world changed in the blink of a "Gotcha". However, I can't think of two better parents to introduce him to and share this new world with him! I can hardly wait until he is able to meet his new siblings...and they can hardly wait to meet him! Come home soon:-)
Dan and Jennifer,
Congratulations on the new addition to your family! He looks like a very sweet boy. It does look like he is doing very well. How is the communication going? Is he speaking much Mandarin? Lots of love to the three of you.
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