today we saw clear evidence of both will and myself in adriaan...

this morning he got his guitar, sat in the hallway and sang a song that he was writing the words to as he sang.  it was called, "twinkle twinkle little monkey" and there was something about "oh how i like to see you swing from a tree!"

will walked up with a huge [that's MY boy] grin and said, "ado your song is awesome, keep going!"

will makes up songs all the time while he's doing stuff around the house.  he likes to make up rap songs in the car, these are adriaan's favorite especially when they involve a little story about adriaan's good buddy, the monkey.

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since i'm in the process of growing two babies will tends to put more food on my plate at dinner.  he knows that what i can't finish he'll get to eat.  well, tonight i ate everything so will decided to fill in the gaps with ice cream.  adriaan was working on his dinner and didn't seem to notice the ice cream until will had almost finished it...but when adriaan did notice he said, "daddy may i please have some ice cream...[pause]...may i have some ice cream please...[pause]...uh, yes or no?...[short pause]...YES!!!"

and that's the me in adriaan...the prefernce for quick and decisive answers to important questions.

We take weekends during the week and the way it works out is that Will gets a whole day off, I get 1/2 a day and then we do something as a family for the other 1/2 day...most of that family time recently has been just Will and Adriaan hanging out while I rest.

This past Wednesday I planned my 1/2 day off and had a great time.  Will uses the time I spend out of the house to work on projects around the house, he has a "honey do" list on the refrigerator and Adriaan gets to be daddy's little helper.

Here are some pictures of the scene upon my arrival home.  Adriaan has learned to undress and dress himself so I assume he was busy with undressing at some point and never got around to dressing.  Plus, it was man time...apparently clothing was optional except for the orange "soccer socks" of course!

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Door Instalation!

 

 

 

Usually, as soon as someone finds out that we're expecting twins they ask the following two questions:

1.? How does this affect your plans to go back to Amsterdam?

2.? How does this affect your adoption?

I'll address the first question now and the second later...

For a few short weeks, before an ultrasound confirmed that there were two babies, we assumed we were only having one and planned to go back to Amsterdam as soon as support raising was complete.? We weren't sure of the timing but were prepared to move back either before or after the baby was born.? That plan had to change as soon as we saw two babies because it would be too much to move back during a high risk pregnancy and then go through two huge transitions as a family, culture shock and becoming a family of five.?? So, we decided to stay in America for the birth planning to give ourselves several months after the birth to adjust before moving back overseas.? The plan has changed again and we will have a whole year with the twins here in Austin before moving back.

So, being pregnant with twins means that the soonest we'd go back overseas is after the twins turn one year old. ?

As a result of having already been gone (from Amsterdam) for over a year and because we're looking at waiting another year+ before moving back, we were asked to come for a visit this summer.? We leave on Monday June 15th for 10 days of reconnecting with friends and the city itself.

I'll take lots of pictures but won't likely post during the trip so stay tuned and there should be something new here at the beginning of July.

I'll also address the second most often asked question after we return.