It has always been a "one step at a time" mind set (in a lot of ways it still is) but for the first time today, Asa and I looked at each other and realized that by summer (God willing) we could be meeting our son for the first time!!!
Until recently it has seemed like a wonderful but distant dream...and it's slowly getting closer!! From the first time we saw Aidens face and claimed him in our hearts as our son... until the time we will likely meet him...it will have been a year!
A year of praying, dreaming, paper chasing, hoping....
Just to have him in our arms will be absolutely phenomenal. I often feel as though I make virtually the same post every other day...but for some reason just writing about him seems to make us both feel better.
Honestly, it makes me feel as though I am doing something other than waiting...
We allowed ourselves to buy some things for Aiden this week (of course we aren't going crazy yet). I ordered him some braille childrens books, some tactile learning materials, sensory based toys and set up a tentative appointment with a pediatric ophthalmologist and spoke with an occupational therapist on what our first steps towards helping Aiden once he is home might be...
From our conversation, it is looking like Aiden will need to just be home for a few months before he starts leaving the house regularly (possibly longer). He will need time with Mommy, Daddy, and his sisters to get use to his new life. The smallest things will easily overwhelm him and he will need a strict routine and schedule to help him best adapt. We will work on attachment issues (he needs to learn that its okay to seek out hugs and praise)...we will work on teaching him basic tasks such as feeding himself, interactive play, learning the layout of his new environment, and work on teaching him important phrases (in English!) and helping him find a way to communicate his needs.We want to give him any and every opportunity to succeed and reach his full ability...
I know he is smart...
A Mama can just tell (yes, even without meeting him yet).
The road is going to be long and challenging. But it will be BEYOND worth it to see this sweet boy have a future, hope, be loved, adored, VALUED!
I cannot wait to see how God is going to mold him within the next year. He is changing us all for the better....
Our girls are seeing faith in action and it is a beautiful thing!
Today our oldest daughter, Zoe, said..." Mommy, when I grow up I want to be JUST like you and Daddy and adopt a little boy or girl. God told me that I am suppose to listen too..."
Even at the tender age of 4, she GETS it!!! God has molded her heart in a way that she too understands and knows how important this journey is. She astounds me with her words...she is brilliant beyond her years!
Continue to keep Aiden in your prayers....
this story has just begun!!
With Love,
-The Killens
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