Papa Keens is here!

It's been a great week. Papa Keens arrived on Wednesday night. The boys took to him right away. It's crazy to think that the boys have been home with us only 3 weeks. What did we do with all of our time before? ha. They have adjusted so well that it seems like we've been together for months!!! We understand all of the daily tasks and we have a good schedule down with them.

It's been a lot of fun having Mom (Mimi) and Dad (Papa Keens) here, although the rain has kept us inside. We have enjoyed spending time in the garage enjoying their little bikes and bubbles. The boys had their first Rudy's experience (famous Austin BBQ). Fin ended up only liking white bread and pudding... go figure for our little meat ball. Papa Keens, Mimi, Mama and Maks were the ones who enjoyed it most.

Maks is picking up a lot more English. Mom has been teaching him animals and sounds, as well as traffic light colors, crayon colors, trucks, school bus, etc. It's great having a contant teachere in the back seat while we drive. He is doing such a great job with it all. He will repeat a lot of things we all say, so it will probably be sooner than we think that he'll be speaking sentences.

Fin has been working on his sounds. He still doesn't say any words, other than Mama and Papa, but he's getting more sounds down. Please is "pla" with a head nod... I guess we nod our head when we ask him to say please. ha.

Some favorite foods right now- clementines, hot dogs, PB and J, meat balls, yogurt, apple sauce, bananas, apples, raisins, fruit snacks

Some funny things that just make our day...
Maks is such a big helper. He loves to help throw away trash.
Fin always has such a big smile when he wakes up and we walk in the room
Mark has been trying to get them to go tinkle in the potty so he takes them with him when he goes. They love to watch "Papa toilette"

The boys had their first big pediatrician appt. on Thursday. Whew- 2 1/2 hours, lots of poking and 6 shots each, but they were great!!! We came out of their with a laundry list of things to do- blood work, stool samples, etc. All of it is pretty standard for Internationally adopted kids to make sure that their previous vaccinations are legitimate and that they don't have any illnesses, medical concerns, etc.

Well.. got to run. Maks just woke up from his nap.

Go Ravens tonight!!!!