{"id":33499,"date":"2016-12-18T19:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T00:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=33499"},"modified":"2016-12-19T13:25:50","modified_gmt":"2016-12-19T18:25:50","slug":"little-miss-7-months-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=33499","title":{"rendered":"Little Miss -7 Months Home"},"content":{"rendered":"

Seven months……how has it been seven months?\u00a0 Our little family of three has been together since April, and it is just hard to believe.\u00a0 We have had a fun month with Thanksgiving, and now the Christmas season upon us. \u00a0Did I say how much I love this girl and being a family of three?<\/h3>\n

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\"Adoption\"<\/p>\n

(Milking the “cow” at the children’s museum. \u00a0The cow used to scare her, and now she has faced her fears.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Attachment<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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We continue to work on our attachment and do little games to continue our bond.\u00a0 It is so important in the adoption world to not stop these\u00a0attachment activities even when we think our children have attached to us. \u00a0Simple little games such as peek-a-boo and doing “Row, Row Your Boat” as a family help with bonding.\u00a0 Now anytime the song “Row, Row Your Boat” comes on Pandora, she runs to the living room to sit together and row the boat as a family. It is amazing how these little activities make a difference. \u00a0Play and silly games likes these are how we really started seeing her personality and watch her get comfortable with us as a family.<\/h3>\n

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\u00a0\"Adoption\"<\/h3>\n

(Feeding an Ostrich at Lazy 5 Ranch.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Food<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Well, my little lady isn’t a big lover of chocolate candy. \u00a0She likes chocolate chips or chocolate in a dessert but a chocolate candy bar, not so much. \u00a0She gets really excited when she does get one.\u00a0 She looks at it, says chocolate, smells it likes she is really going to savor every bite, takes one bite, says \u00a0“good” and then pushes it away and says, “all done.” She has such self control when it comes to chocolate!<\/h3>\n

She does continue to give every food a try which is awesome. Right now she is loving\u00a0 tacos, and I think it is because she is obsessed with the book Dragons Love Tacos.<\/a><\/h3>\n

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\"Adoption\"<\/h3>\n

(Cuddling with Gracie by the fire.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Language<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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It is so fun to see a child learn a language and start putting words and sentences together. \u00a0When she gets her point across with words, she is so proud. \u00a0When she doesn’t, she let’s us know she is frustrated. \u00a0We are back to calling Gracie “Dog”, and she is very good at giving commands to Gracie such as sit, drop it, leave it, good girl. \u00a0The two of them are just too cute together. \u00a0She is talking a lot more when we are on Skype with my parents, and I know they love it.<\/h3>\n

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\"Adoption<\/h3>\n

(Watching the construction and all the big trucks.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Activities<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Playing outside and visiting the children’s museums in the area continue to be a big hit. \u00a0 She recently discovered bouncy houses, and she really enjoyed them. She hops around our house all the time and acts like a frog, so she was in heaven in a bounce house. \u00a0Anytime she can help in the kitchen, she is right there on a stool beside me. Cooking gets her so excited which gets me excited. \u00a0A lot of construction is happening on our street right now, and it is amazing how those big trucks and building equipment provide so much entertainment. \u00a0She is also now into Katy Perry and enjoys a good dance party. \u00a0Her foster mother told us she loved music, and it is so true. \u00a0We all get in on the dance action. \u00a0We play music on the Amazon Echo,<\/a> and after a song she goes over and says “Amazon stop.” \u00a0She is picking up on how to use the device. \u00a0Pretty soon she might be ordering things from Amazon.<\/h3>\n

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\"Adoption\"<\/p>\n

(Decorating a tree in her room.)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Travel and Holidays<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Thanksgiving was a blast, and we had lots of family in town. I can tell she is now very comfortable in her home, and she was at ease, even with a full house. \u00a0After our big meal we decided it would be fun to play the game Pie Face<\/a>. \u00a0Little Miss was very concerned and not a fan of even watching the game. \u00a0Maybe next year she will enjoy watching our faces get sprayed with whipped cream.\u00a0 If you need something light-hearted for your holidays, it is a fun game for all ages. \u00a0 We took a lot of the family back to the Lazy 5 Ranch where we went for her birthday<\/a>. \u00a0She loved it even more this time around. \u00a0All ages love this place. It is so much fun. \u00a0Right now she is really enjoying all the Christmas lights on houses.<\/h3>\n

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\"Adoption\"<\/p>\n

(Helping decorate her first Christmas tree.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Gracie<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n

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Oh, Gracie is such a good sport. \u00a0We have always done hand commands for sit and down and Little Miss knows those commands now and is always giving them to Gracie. \u00a0Little Miss does say good girl when Gracie listens to her, which isn’t that often. Lately anytime we leave, she let’s Gracie know she will be back and that she loves her. \u00a0She blows her kisses and then pretends to catch the one that Gracie supposedly blew to her. \u00a0It is just adorable. \u00a0Gracie was the first one Little Miss\u00a0told she loved on her own so I think she has a soft spot for our family dog. \u00a0I think Gracie has a soft spot for Little Miss when she drops food.<\/h3>\n

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To read more about our adoption journey, see the links below.<\/h3>\n

\u00a0Six Months Home<\/a><\/h3>\n

Five Months Home<\/a><\/h3>\n

Four Months Home<\/a><\/h3>\n

Three Months Home<\/a><\/h3>\n

Two months home<\/a><\/h3>\n

One Month Home<\/a><\/h3>\n

Home from\u00a0Our Trip to Thailand<\/a><\/h3>\n

Update from Thailand<\/a><\/h3>\n

Waiting update #5<\/a><\/h3>\n

Waiting update #4<\/a><\/h3>\n

Waiting Update #3 We have a girl!<\/a><\/h3>\n

Waiting Update #2<\/a><\/h3>\n

Waiting Update #1<\/a><\/h3>\n

The life in lifestyle- adoption<\/a><\/h3>\n

We are adopting a baby!<\/a><\/h3>\n

Cheers!<\/h3>\n

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Seven months……how has it been seven months?\u00a0 Our little family of three has been together since April, and it is just hard to believe.\u00a0 We have had a fun month with Thanksgiving, and now the Christmas season upon us. \u00a0Did I say how much I love this girl and being a family of three?   […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33535,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33499"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33606,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33499\/revisions\/33606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/33535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}