Six Months

It has been six months that the boys have officially been Braxtons.  In some ways it feels like they have always been here and in other ways it doesn't seem long at all.  We have mostly good days now with a few hard days thrown in there.

On May 13 the boys whole world changed.  People say they are so lucky to be here.  That isn't true at all.  Our boys have experienced more loss in 3 years than we will probably experience in our whole lives.  My heart aches for all that they have lost.  To have accomplished all they have in the last 6 months is beyond amazing.  They are my little "rock stars."

That being said the boys still don't like change or new situations.  In most cases Jacob is more uptight than Caleb.  We have come to accept it is going to take the boys a long time to fully trust us. We don't know what they went through those first 3 years.  We, also, don't know if their anxiety is caused from the partial absence/complete absence of the corpus callosum.  It has improved greatly but they still can get very agitated rather quickly.  If you want to witness it yourself just put a blanket on them.

Today the boys had their first eye appointment.  Surprisingly they both did great.  A sign that the trust is building.  Fortunately both of their eyes look great at this point.  We had to get this appointment done in order to proceed with our county's early intervention services.

No matter how hard some days can be with two 3 years and a 4 year old there is no doubt in our minds that these boys were meant to be in our family.   We are so thankful that God chose us to be their parents.  Even when the road is difficult we know we are not alone.  God is with us every step of the way.