YouTubeTuesday-Complex Love

I have been derelict in my posting duties.  My Thesis is due next week so all my effort has been in that direction.  I have most of it done and should be able to coast thru the last 25 pages or so.  

When we first got Binh, I was not immediately “in love” with him.  It was more like a fascination.  All effort was spent learning how to go about meeting his basic needs.  Binh is a quick study and adjusted very fast.  Now it’s time to focus more on loving him and building confidence.  We have a biological daughter; I know how to do that right…  I initially tried to love / hold / cuddle Binh like Ava but that was more than he could handle.  An analogy can be drawn with toys.  We tried to give Binh a simple toy just after we got him but he was more interested in a clear plastic cup.  Loving a child from an orphanage is a little like that.  Binh just needs to be held, no complications, no fancy toys…  I had it wrong, it’s my responsibility to teach him what love is and I now think that means starting with the plastic cup…. 

Binh likes playing pee-pie, we managed to catch him playing the other day.  What a blessing!

We have some great photos from this weekend.  We went to a sheep sheering festival and made our first trip to a sit down restaraunt.