Trip to the Bazaar- 13th Day of Bonding!

Today we were able to take D on a supervised trip to the Bazaar to buy a few more clothes items! We were so excited! It was his first time in a taxi and he was very excited, but once he got in the car he went silent! He was taking everything in and was on sensory overload. He sat in the middle between us the back and was a perfect rider! Hoping he keeps that with him! Once we got to the Bazaar, he held my hand and didn’t let go for the remainder of our outing. He didn’t ask for one thing and we had to really coax him to tell us if he liked a pair of pants we found for him. Of course, like any boy, he didn’t want to try them on! We bought the pants and traded the jacket we got him for a bigger size and that was enough for one day! As we were headed out we stopped to get him an ice cream. He held a napkin in one hand and would wipe his mouth and fingers after each bite – hope he keeps that as well! In the taxi ride back you could tell we had drained him and he looked so tired!

All in all, it was a great first experience taking him out of his element. I was worried that he would ask for everything he saw. Dust and I talked about it over breakfast this morning…how we would handle not buying him everything. Although I know it wasn’t a wasted conversation, it wasn’t needed for today! Where he is comfortable he is a totally different kid, it’s going to take some time to adjust to things here, let alone back home.

Still no concrete news on our home study paperwork, but we have a few potentials that we are working on… Cross your fingers for us!

-Cortney

PS – I had the MOST delicious pancakes this morning stuffed with apricot jelly, kind of like a crepe.

One of the girls in D's house, wrote this and gave it to us.  To the best of her ability, she spelled out our names, Dustin on top, Cortney on bottom and D's in the middle.

One of D's favorite things is the camera, he loves to take pics and then view them!  Above is a pic he took of me and below is one he took of Dustin.

The view from our balcony to the left.  The things in the center of the pic are the other balconies to our left.  We are on the 7th floor.  The pipes on the ground are the heat pipes for the building.