It seems that Christopher is beginning to process the recent change in his life. He is beginning to attach to us more and more, to the point where he is anxious when either Kari and I aren't around. When he gets nervous or upset or tired, he repeats a mantra in Chinese, “Ma-ma loves Chen-Chen,” over and over. We've been reassuring him of course, but it seems that he is seeking constant affirmation that we will be with him to stay. We've done a little traveling in the past few of days, but we hope to settle into a more regular home routine, which we hope will help give Christopher a better sense of stability.

Meanwhile, Ben is beginning to do some processing of his own. He is anxious that he isn't being replaced and is even more cuddly and demanding of our attention than he was before. Even though this is obviously difficult for him, he's been very understanding. On balance, I think he's still happier to have a playmate than he is sad about having to share our attentions. It will get better as Chris’ English comes along.

On the plus side, we seem to have conquered the jet lag and have settled into a regular sleeping schedule (even though there is nothing regular about the rest of our schedule).