December 2014

There is much to write of what’s been going on with  Luke ShuChen and the Yang household….and it’s all good!!!! Yay! We have one happy little fella and he, and us, are adjusting so well to all the changes.  Smiles galore at our house!  Little Luke has really brought so much love and excitement for life into our household.  To watch everything through his eyes and see his excitement in the least little things affirms faith, hope, love and joy!  All the kids are so wonderful with Luke. They immediately bonded! I know everyone says he is one lucky little fella, but to watch him with John, Alex, Ellen, and Ashley I can see the lucky part and that’s having them to look up to and to have them as brothers and sisters.

For anyone out there thinking of adoption and wondering if it’s for your family….I will say this:  If you’ve considered adopting and God lays it on your heart, then it is the path you should take.  He will take care of the rest and He will lead the way.  Don’t be afraid of all the “what if’s” and don’t be afraid of “change” for your family.  I can promise you that the change will be a good one for you all!  Every person in this world needs to know that feeling of a home and a family and someone to love them.  I encourage everyone to open up your heart and consider giving that to a child that is orphaned and may never know that feeling.  Luke is lucky that God connected us, but we are also the lucky ones to have him in our family.  

Luke is very comfortable at home.  He loves to sleep with someone, so I think he’s slept with every member of the family, minus the dogs…although I’m sure he would like to sleep in their beds with them.  He loves the dogs.  Thank goodness!  We were afraid he might be scared of them, but definitely not the case.  When at home, if you go to another room and he can’t see you sometimes he go to “panic mode” and starts calling “Ma-Maaaa!” or “Ba-Baaaa!” When you then make yourself present he calms down and just smiles. 

He has the warmest little smile.  

The hardest thing for Luke right now is when everyone leaves in the mornings.  Ashley gets on the bus, then John and Alex drive to school and then Daddy leaves…all within in 30 minutes in the mornings.  When he sees Steve put his shoes on he runs and gets his shoes and coat and ready to leave with him.  There hasn’t been a day yet that everyone has left the house and he is not fully dressed and ready to go somewhere too….even though he’s just gonna be at home with me.