Count On Two Hands

So today on the way home from school drop off I heard a song and part of the lyrics were about how thankful the guy was that he could count the people he loves on two hands (instead of just on one, I guess). I, for sure, can count all of the people that I love on many many hands (I am so very blessed), but the words just hit me about my immediate family. Mornings are chaotic sometimes and life gets crazy at the home of Braner Party of 7 and I was so touched this morning about how thankful I am that I have two hands worth of people I love living under my roof. I am so thankful for my husband and for my kids. God is so good to me and I am so thankful. I just wanted to share that today.

(And then I get so overwhelmed about all of the people I love and who love me who don't live under my roof. I am so very blessed! I love you all!)

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They Made It!!!!

This is Kelly blogging for Jamie,and I just got off the phone with her. After traveling for 44 hours, they finally made it. I'm overjoyed by the news that they were able to MEET Ruk for the first time pretty soon after they arrived as well, and everything went GREAT!!! Jamie says he is VERY small... even smaller than Dax, and that he is probably a size 4... WOW! Jamie says that all his teeth are coming in and is not the toothless guy we have seen photos of. She also said that he was very sweet and affectionate with her, and that he called her mommy already. This is a great sign as it shows he is open and ready for a family!!! Jamie was told that all day long he was chatting away that he was going to meet his mommy today! Sniff, sniff!!! Hays and Ruk hit it off real well too and didn't have any of that awkward and shy first time to meet you syndrome. They played for over an hour, and Hays had a BALL with his rambunctious and playful brother, Ruk. Lots of hugging and kissing were...

Braner, Party of SEVEN!!!!

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Counting to 20

Okay, you blog readers. If you are a language or older child adoption or whatever expert, I need help and advice. When I met Tiki, he could not speak any English EXCEPT he could say "Spider Man" and he could count to twenty in ENGLISH. Now that Tiki is totally fluent in English he can hardly make it to ten and cannot get past twelve. He's a smart kid. He just learned an entirely different language in less than a year and he is learning to read. But this counting thing is frustrating me. I realize that I need PATIENCE!!! I am VERY AWARE of that. But is this normal? Any advice (besides the patience piece)?

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