In October 2009, Left Brain and I ventured to Ukraine to start our family. We adopted two precious little boys. We are currently wanting to expand our family by 2 more! We're looking into adoption again. Read along, see where our journeys take us.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Is it a full moon tonight?

Well, we miraculously got the part for the washing machine this morning and Left Brain should have it put back together by this afternoon. No more washing machine blues....but Blue Eyes blues! Poor baby!
This morning started like any other GREAT morning that we experience. We got up, ate their favorite breakfast (cinnamon rolls...otherwise known at the Cossey house as "candy biscuits", and drove GQ to school. This was the first time he has ever gone on a Monday. He's starting two days a week now. After we dropped him off, we drove to McDonald's for a snack, and then came home. We walked in and he asked for a banana. I gave it to him and he shoved half of it into his mouth all at the same time. Of course, he got choked. I took him to the sink and got it out of his mouth and took the other half and told him to wait a minute until he calmed down to eat the rest. HE WENT CRAZY! He started screaming about going back to the orphanage and catching a ride on the airplane. He said he didn't love us anymore and just started running circles and screaming at me not to touch him. It was horrible. He was so upset and I had no idea why. I don't know if I will ever truly understand what happened this morning. This went on for about 45 minutes to an hour. He walked out the door and said he was walking to catch a ride on the airplane to go back to the orphanage. It was brutal. I had to stop him because he was heading toward the road! He fought me all the way back to the house and kicked and screamed as I calmly tried to rock him. After about an hour, he flipped a switch again and started playing with the dog. I was amazed at his behavior, but had honestly expected it before now. I know these are probably feelings that he will have to leave us any day, because that was normal to him. I know he's just acting out because he doesn't know what to do with these feelings. But it is still hard to deal with because he gets so upset. Anyway, Left Brain came home from work because Blue Eyes was so upset and crazy....but by the time he arrived home, I had Blue Eyes pretty well calmed down. Now, he's laughing and playing and saying, "Mama, I love you so so so much". It was the weirdest thing. I'm sure other adoptive families have experienced things like this, but we hadn't yet. It was heart-wrenching! Beware, those of you in the process or just returning home.....things like this just pop-up occasionally. We don't really know what triggered it. It could have been the choking, or his routine being disrupted by GQ going to school, who knows!
Things are better now. Left Brain is just going to stay home for the day and we are playing. Maybe it's a full moon tonight.....gees!
Happy day, all!

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