Our First Post Placement Report, Halloween and Christmas?

Hi Everyone,

Life as usual has been CRAZY in our household!!! Who would have thought that by throwing another child into the mix of things would create such chaos?!? But I will state it's a good chaos :)

We had our very first post placement report done by our Social Worker. Where on earth has the time gone? Many of you may be asking what is a post placement report, let alone a first post placement??? When we sent our Dossier over to Russia in our Home Study (completed by the Social Worker) was a document that stated "OBLIGATION" to submit post placements reports, which our Home Study agency and our Social Worker had to sign, then notarize...of course. Our first post placement visit took place after 5 months and the report will be sent over to Russia before the end of the 7th month after the effective date of the adoption decree. The post placement report itself is a document completed by our Social Worker, that states quite a few things...first it states how well our little Lukie is doing, how has the adjustment been for him and everyone else in the household, what milestones has he completed, etc., etc. Our Social Worker told us at the end of our first post placement interview that we (as a family) look extremely HAPPY and fulfilled :) She also stated that Lukie is thriving!!! All in all the visit was a success :)

Then there was Halloween...which came and went and I forgot to post the photos of the boys...sorry!!! Ryan and Luke were absolutely adorable, if I may say so myself :) They were UPS drivers, which made Ron so happy :) Early Halloween morning we brought the boys up to UPS in Lawnside where they gave out candy to all the UPS drivers. Ron signed the boys up to help the drivers realize that there are little "Trick or Treaters" running around and the drivers need to be safe and watch for them. Later, that day Ron, Luke and myself went to Ryan's Halloween Parade...so cute! Once Ryan was out of school for the day, we went to our neighbors and the boys were able to Trick or Treat. We followed up with a stop at Marantha's Fall Festival, which we go to every year. The boys looked absolutely spectacular!!!

Then the weekend after Halloween our local lawn and garden center had Santa and the boys sat on Santa's lap. Luke was not a happy boy when this happened :( But his big brother showed him the ropes. Ryan sat on Santa's lap for a long time and read off a laundry list of toys he wanted this year. We were in amazement with all the toys that Ryan told Santa he wanted. Ryan kept on telling Santa that he was a good boy this year...it was too cute.

What happened to Thanksgiving? Well, it's coming but not before Lukie's 2nd Birthday!!! I can't believe that he is going to be 2 years old!!! We are having his 2nd Birthday Party tomorrow (Saturday) and YES I will take plenty of photos...don't know when I will be able to post them but soon...so stay tuned :)

Love & HUGS,

Jenny, Ron, Ryan & Lukie :)