Home ~ One month today

ONE month ago today, Matthew and Michael arrived in Lubbock, Texas into a family that unconditionally loves them, cherishes them and welcomes them with open arms.

Arriving in Lubbock, 12-24-10

Mommy holding Michael for the first time

Mommy holding Matthew for the first time

ONE month ago today, only 30 days ago, yet it seems like they have been in our family their whole lives!  We love them so much, so dearly, so completely.  Michael and Matthew are true blue Hannons through and through.

First Hannon family picture with all 10 of us

All 8 of our children

They were just meant to be a part of our family.  We were just meant to be their mommy and daddy, brothers and sisters.  God literally orchestrated this from the beginning of time and it is humbling to be a part of something so big.  We praise and thank God every single day for all 8 of our beautiful children.


Michael and Matthew continue to do well.  They are both eating and sleeping well and gaining weight.  They seem to be bonding quite well to us and we are bonding well to them.  It brings tears to my eyes to think about how far they have come in such a short time.


Michael is pulling up to stand on his own and is walking around holding on to things.  Matthew has learned to sit and sits for quite a long time now without toppling over.  They both smile and coo at all of us and hold their arms up for us to pick them up....and they cry when we put them down.   All good signs of bonding.  They cry when hungry now and cry when they wake up from naps and bedtime.  There was only silence the first week after they came home during these times. 


I'll never forget that first morning after they arrived when I woke up and looked over to their port-a-cribs to check on them and there they lie, silent and still, not moving or making a sound yet wide awake.  I do not know how long they had been awake, laying silently.  I'm told this was orphanage behavior because they learned that crying was of no use, no one would come, no one.   Now, they know that they can CRY, HOLLER, CALL OUT for me and I'll be there!  Never again will they be alone, cold or hungry....never again!

Home only one month but forever in our hearts!!!

Playing and reading books this morning, home one month!