Last week we were taking pictures before going out to eat for our 10th Anniversary dinner with kids in tow. I thought the one of me holding Owen looked so familiar! It reminded me of my little monkey necklace that I wore at 5am while we were saying goodbye to Novokuznetsk, preparing to fly to Moscow. Funny - he doesn't look all that different 2 years later (I hopefully look slightly more rested - at least I should!). I hope that Owen is a little less anxious now than he was back then, considering that at that point in time I was the virtual stranger to whom he had pinned all of his hopes for safety and food. He doesn't need to be around my neck ALL the time now, though he still likes to be close. I would guess that there is still some degree of anxious attachment. He's not going to let me get too far away. (Then again, Natalie can be extremely anxious in her attachment and I've hardly left her side since she was born.) I like that he is still small enough for me to be able to hold him so close. This could be a little painful to endure when he is 18! But for now, he's just my sweet, snuggly monkey necklace.
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