{"id":42462,"date":"2019-08-05T18:00:58","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T23:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=42462"},"modified":"2019-08-04T16:21:25","modified_gmt":"2019-08-04T21:21:25","slug":"adoption-update-2-months-home-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=42462","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Update – Two Months Home-Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post should be more like 2.5 months home, but I wanted to go ahead and let y’all know how things are going.\u00a0 I know I have said it before, but Google is the perfect addition to our family.\u00a0 Little Miss tells me daily how fun it is to have a little brother and when those two are laughing and playing, my heart melts.<\/p>\n

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(In awe as his sister learned to fly a kite.)<\/em><\/p>\n

Google was doing really well at home, so we decided we would be able to take the trip to Kentucky for the 4th of July holiday, and then we did another trip shortly after.\u00a0 In Kentucky, he slowly opened up to my parents.\u00a0 It is still important in terms of attachment that Charles and I meet all of his needs right now. So, while he could play with the grandparents, they couldn’t get all the cuddling in that they are wanting to do right now.\u00a0 He needs to continue to know we are his parents, and he is safe with us.\u00a0 We don’t want to add confusion to his world that was rocked.\u00a0 My mom had lots of fun things planned, and Google loved seeing real horses.\u00a0 Little Miss has play horses, but I think he was shocked when he realized they were real.\u00a0 When he came home after Kentucky, he ran in the house and the first thing he grabbed was a horse and kept saying, “Neigh.”<\/p>\n

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(Playing with all the Prime day boxes.\u00a0 You can see his little hands poking out.)<\/em><\/p>\n

He is getting more comfortable with the pool and water.\u00a0 We still have bath times where he likes to squat and not sit, but we are making progress.\u00a0 It took weeks before he even sat down in the bath the first time.\u00a0 He does not like getting his hair washed at all.\u00a0 In the pool, he has started to wear goggles which helps when his sister splashes him by mistake.<\/p>\n

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(Waiting in line for the Maid of the Mist at Niagara Falls)<\/em><\/p>\n

Google could be outside all day long no matter what the weather.\u00a0 This makes sense as he spent a lot of his first two years of life outdoors in a setting that did not have heat or air conditioning.\u00a0 In Thailand when we visited his foster mother Mae, it was 114 degrees, and we all were dying.\u00a0 Google was in jeans and not sweating.<\/p>\n

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(In awe watching the Astronauts)<\/em><\/p>\n

Going to the playground is a big afternoon activity for us.\u00a0 I am a huge believer in outdoor play, getting dirty and exploring.\u00a0 Google is adventurous on the playground.\u00a0 The big slides and ladders do not phase him.\u00a0 He climbs right up, flies down, and does it all over again.\u00a0 He has done slides way more than Little Miss has in her three years home!<\/p>\n

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We also had the opportunity to go to Rochester, NY where we attended a Thai family reunion.\u00a0 Thai adoptee families get together every two years for a weekend, and it is so special.\u00a0 The big kids take in the little kids, and the parents have a safe place to talk.\u00a0 Little Miss has made friends from the first year we went when she came home, and we know their friendships will continue to grow.\u00a0 While in New York, we decided to make some rounds visiting family and friends.\u00a0 We spent some time on the beach in New Hampshire with Charles’ godparents, and Google loved the sand.\u00a0 We spent some time at a beach in Thailand, and he enjoyed the sand and playing, but this time he really got into it.\u00a0 He thought it was so funny when we would bury Little Misses legs.<\/p>\n

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His language in the last week is really starting to take off.\u00a0 He understands what we say without a doubt.\u00a0 Now he is starting to repeat words we say.\u00a0 He is quiet, but slowly his confidence is building, and he is speaking up.\u00a0 The other day I was in the kitchen, and he ran out from the playroom holding a play hot dog.\u00a0 Boy did he say “hot dog” so loud and clear.\u00a0 He still says chang for elephant, just like his sister did. \u00a0 Anytime he sees a picture of an elephant, he says, “chang.”\u00a0 It is much easier to say than elephant.\u00a0 He has a good appetite and is gaining weight and looking healthier that when we first met him.<\/p>\n

Google continues to be Gracie’s biggest fan, and he is a dog lover.\u00a0 We were visiting friends who had three dogs and big dogs.\u00a0 He basically wanted to leap out of my arms to see the dogs.<\/p>\n

At times we will still have some moments of grief and anger, but overall, I am so shocked and happy with how well he is adjusting.\u00a0 It is a long road, and we can’t rush the process, but we can tell he feels more at ease and comfortable.<\/p>\n

Thank you all so much for asking about him and caring about his progress.\u00a0 It means the world to us.<\/p>\n

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Cheers!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This post should be more like 2.5 months home, but I wanted to go ahead and let y’all know how things are going.\u00a0 I know I have said it before, but Google is the perfect addition to our family.\u00a0 Little Miss tells me daily how fun it is to have a little brother and when […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42464,"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\/42462"}],"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=42462"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42492,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42462\/revisions\/42492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}