Mason : First 48 hours

Mason continues to amaze us and is still doing very well. He is not afraid to ask us when he needs help and and tells us when he doesn't want something or like something. He loves to look at an analog clock. He loves keeping track of the time. I tried to show him a digital clock but he didn't know how to read it. We put an analog clock on the ipad for him. We were told Mason loves basketball, cars, and Kungfu. Alan created a basketball hoop out of our garbage can....He LOVED playing. We attempted going to the pool. He is not afraid to try new things but if he doesn't like it then he will not try it again. He didn't seem to mind the pool at first until he saw Alan dive in head first so he dove in head first. He panicked and couldn't get his head up out of the water. Alan picked him up and that was the end of that.
The second night did not go as well as the first night. We put Mason to bed and about 5 min. later we heard him crying in the next room. We both sat next to him and rubbed his back and shoulders to let him know we were there for him. I found a small stuffed animal in his bag that he brought from the orphanage and gave it to him. He has slept with it ever since. The second night he did not cry but I found him sitting in the living room ( where we had dozed off ) waiting for us to wake up. We put him back to bed and laid in the room with him. He went to sleep fine and did great the rest of the night. We now lay in the bedroom with him every night and he has done awesome.
I celebrated my Birthday on the 9th. We weren't too familiar with many of the restaurants so we kept things familiar that night and went to McD's. I ordered a simple burger with a side order of corn. Mason had some chicken meal with rice, Alan had a wrap filled with rice and maybe some beef. We all enjoyed a Mcflurry which was vanilla icecream swirled with strawberry gel and gummy candy. It actually tasted pretty good. That night I was surprised with a beautiful cake. The cake was a sponge cake with layers of pineapple cream covered in a beautiful hard chocolate shell. The entire cake was edible....It made my day!
Grace helped Alan talk to the hotel so I could have a surprise on my Birthday...

Alan's beef wrap