I believe Andrei is adjusting rather well. He seems to be acting like a normal toddler would these days....not at all happy to be the only one in the living room, temper tantrums, deciding to eat all of his peas one day and not touching them the next. He has also started to put his head on my shoulder when he is upset and not wanting me to put him down. The hitting me in the face has become non-existent in the last month! Yeah! Whenever he sees you talking on the phone, he puts his hand on his own ear. So cute!
He was running 102 fever Sunday afternoon, and he's been tired ever since Annsley's birthday party this weekend (yes, I have a 7 year old--yikes!). He slept until 9:30 this morning, but he needed every bit of the slumber. I think he did remarkably well with all the excitement at Annsley's party. Usually we see his serious face (the same one we got daily at the orphanage) but this time he actually loosened up seemed to have a good time. He thought Annsley's cake was the cat's meow!
He loves, loves, loves his daddy. I am toast the minute he hears his voice when Doug comes home in the afternoon. (As it was--still is--with my girls. (sigh)) He loves to sit in your lap, and if you're on the floor, he will come over to "sit." And he wants his back up against your stomach; the closer he can get to you the better!His speech comes and goes. He will go days without "practicing" his words, and then a few days later he'll say some of his regulars. He does understand "nyet" and "no"--they usually reduce him to tears. Annsley noticed this the other day, and then just went around the room saying "nyet Andrei" to see if she could make him cry. It didn't, but let his mother say it and out come the waterworks. Notice I said "his mother"--he doesn't hear those words from his father...
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