Life in the Fast Lane

Sorry for the lack of posts. It just seems like the summer is moving so fast. We are doing our best just to keep up. As you can see from the new photo (above), we recently had family photos taken. The athletic department at Concordia gave us a photo shoot as a gift when we returned home from Russia. We took all of our photos in downtown Chicago and they turned out really great! We are so excited to have these photos and it's awesome that they were in such a beautiful place (down by the Chicago River and in Millenium Park).

Trey is doing very well overall. He seems to be learning English extremely fast. Some people that we encounter don't even realize that he is newly adopted from Russia. He is communicating very well!

I have also spent some time reflecting on his adjustment compared to other adoptive children that we know. It seems that Trey is having no trouble with attachment. He is very "huggy" and "kissy" with us. He seems to have bonded with us....

I would say that his biggest issue is his curious behavior. He does things like: * pushing all of the buttons on the credit card machines in check-out lines, basically just pushing any buttons that he sees,
* just walking into my co-worker's offices and touching everything (even getting in their desk drawers)
* attempting to drive the golf carts that are parked around campus (of course, this would be a BIG "no-no". I am lucky that I can catch him before he gets to the carts.
* Etc., Etc.

It just seems as though his curiosity gets the best of him and it causes him to A.) have poor manners and B.) put himself into dangerous situations. I really hope that the excitement for these things wears off, so he will act more like a typical 6 year old. (Trey's lucky that I typically have running shoes on!) Yikes!

Other than that....Trey is really doing well! He is doing extremely well at school. He is making friends and seems to be fairly popular in his class. (At least, this is what his teacher says). In fact, his teacher calls him the "Mayor of Concordia". Whenever their class goes somewhere on-campus. Trey talks to people and knows many of their names. He is very out-going! :o)

All in all, we can't complain, though. He really is a joy and we are having a wonderful summer together.