Perfect Timing or So I Thought

I received the final adoption papers in the mail on the domestic re-adoption and have filed for his name change on the SS card and health benefits. So, the only thing left is get the birth certifcate which has been applied for and then apply for a US passport. Here's the deal... I have had to travel a bit lately. The first quarter is always packed with meetings and there is some expansion going on in my district where I will be covering not two states, but six. Busy! The travel is unsettling to Akins, We had gone for months with no pants wetting, but one thing that started happening when I had to start travelling is him peeing his pants. This will start on the days I begin talking about going, until I return. The trips are usually two or three days.

So, when the papers came, I had an idea. I asked him if me going on the airplane scares him and he said "yes". I pulled out the original adoption decree with the embossed notary seal on it and said "you see this document, feel this, (he swiped his hand across the seal and smiled at the texture). That seal right there says that I will be your mommy forever and ever. No one can take that away from you or me. You, me, Lorea, we are a team. Even when I go on the airplane I am your mommy and I will always come back because this paper says I have to. He seemed very pleased.

That day he did not wet his pants. I was pleased, but I knew it was premature because I also did not travel. The next day I asked if he would like to go on the airplane again and we could go and see the big water (ocean). He said yes. Lorea's family have not yet met him, so we are planning a trip to CA for a few days. Well, apparently even talking about him going on a plane is scary because this day he did wet his pants. Okay, showing him the papers with the embossed seal seemed ike a great idea. We'll keep trying alternative ideas. I just hope he is not wetting his pants when he is a man!