Long nights and new thoughts

Still no teeth, but Nathaniel is suffering at night. We are trying teething tablets and I have taken to sleeping on an air mattress in his room during the week as not to wake Joe. He wakes about 5 times. And some time in the night Abigail wakes from it and rushes in there with me. By the time Joe wakes in the morning we are all exhausted but I wouldn't trade it for the world. I am amazed after a hug from daddy they are wide awake and happy. Which is good because you realize you can do a lot with little sleep. Nathaniel has also gotten a lot more adventurous and a big gate has went up in front of the fireplace and the tv. He is crawling quickly everywhere. The funniest thing is when we start a bath. He hears the water running and quickly crawls in there like a lizard. He loves baths. Now for Abigail, it has been ringing home for her. She has started asking about her foster mother and wants contact. I am uncertain if we will get a response (we never have) but I am hoping. I plan on calling the agency this week. I hope she can have a relationship there. My poor little girl needs this. Her gotcha day is this Tues. and she decided she wanted to do something with her friends and then a special dinner with the family. So I am taking them to paint pottery, eat strawberry shortcake or tres leche and getting her a special gift (maybe a locket). Adoption is always a process. I remind my children every day how special they are but I know as they grow they will want more. Know more about their birth family, reach out. I just hope that they will invite me to join them.