Nathan

We got Nathan about three years ago. His mother had only been able to care for him off and on for his first two years, and she finally decided she had to give him up. But they couldn’t find his legal father, and so couldn’t legally adopt him out, which is where we came in.

He didn’t seem at all sad to leave the people who sent him to us, though for the first few nights he would cry and cry even as we held him. He was afraid to step on the grass because he didn’t know what it was. Even though he’s a month older than Isaac, and Isaac was talking by that point, Nathan had very few words (some of them naughty).

Now he’s 5, and he’s grown out of all of that. He still has angry moments and will occasionally break things just to see what happens, but he loves us, he loves this family, and most of all he knows we love him. He’s very creative in his drawings — more so than almost any of the other boys — and he’s funny! His sounds and facial expressions are hilarious.

We took him in knowing we might never be able to adopt him — lots of our kids are like that. But it looks like we might actually have a chance. Nathan’s birth mom (who we occasionally talk to via Facebook, of all things) says she’s in contact with his legal dad again.

We can’t start anything yet — Thailand only allows you to be in the adoption process for one child at a time — but if the process ever ends with Asia, we might have to try Nathan next.

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