This week we celebrate a lot of adoption goodness for Team Sublett.
Gotcha Day is the day that adoptive families receive their adopted child. In our family, we’ve got 2 this week. Josie moved in with us 10.22.2010, and Isaac was waiting for us in a hotel lobby in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia 10.23.2011. If we were lottery people we’d probably play those numbers!
It’s a little hilarious to think about the changes that our family has experienced over the past few years. We’ve gone from a family of 5 to a family of 9. We lost a garage and half of a basement, but added sleeping space for 4. The miniature van ceased to be a viable option for family vacations. We’ve got Chinese-English tutors, learned our way around the Chinese Market, and are known by name at the best Chinese food-joint in town (It’s Big Bowl, btw, though China Dragon is a close second.)
It’s been a busy week around here (aren’t they all?) so we haven’t had the sit-down dinner that would give us the opportunity to properly unpack the last few years of life together. We’ll do that this weekend (at Big Bowl!) after church. But let me tell you a few things that I see from my up close and personal vantage point:
Our children could be the poster kids for older adoptions. Oh sure, we have our moments. But they are well-adjusted, genuinely happy, and healthy. They love being part of our crazy family. They’re quick to smile, eager to lend a hand, and growing in every way imaginable. There are language barriers that still get the better of us. Schoolwork kicks our booties on a somewhat regular basis. But we are loving our wild and wonderful life together.
I wasn’t open to adoption when Kim first brought it up. I’ve never been so happy to be wrong about something. Now we’re wondering it there’s an off-switch!
My oh my how they’ve grown!
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