{"id":44227,"date":"2020-03-10T22:09:06","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T03:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=44227"},"modified":"2020-03-10T16:09:19","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T21:09:19","slug":"adoption-update-google-home-10-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=44227","title":{"rendered":"Adoption Update- Google Home 10 months"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s time for an adoption update.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s that time again, and it’s that time I am shocked that Google has been home 10 months. At this point I thought we might be close to getting our paperwork from Thailand to start the finalization process here in North Carolina.\u00a0 We have a feeling it will be delayed due to some offices in Thailand closing due to the Coronavirus.\u00a0 I don’t mind waiting on the paperwork, but I feel so heartbroken for the families that were told they were about to travel, and now things are on hold, and they don’t know for how long. Please say a prayer for those families and for their kiddos.<\/p>\n

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I just have to be that proud mamma and say Google is the cutest little boy and his laugh is adorable. Thinking about his laugh makes me laugh.\u00a0 \u00a0His laugh, when he is on a roll, is so contagious.\u00a0 Even one day on the playground, a little kid came up to me and told me he has a good laugh.\u00a0 He LOVES slapstick humor, and it gets him on a roll.\u00a0 The other night we did a family movie night and watched the Adventures of Winnie the Pooh<\/em>.\u00a0 I have been reading the book with Little Miss so she knew about Winnie the Pooh.\u00a0 Google didn’t know about him yet, but he loved it.\u00a0 He thought Tigger was a hoot.\u00a0 On some scenes he just couldn’t stop laughing.<\/p>\n

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He continues to love being outside. After reading this book<\/a><\/span> I try to get my kids outside every day.\u00a0 Even if it is cold, he bundles up.\u00a0 If it’s raining, he puts on his rain boots and loves to splash in the puddles.\u00a0 He is happy outside.\u00a0 I think a lot of it is not only the fresh air but that for the first two years of his life, he spent a lot of time outside or with fresh air always coming in.\u00a0 He wasn’t in the controlled environment of the perfect temperature inside a home like ours in the U.S.\u00a0 This picture is the first time he has experienced snow.\u00a0 \u00a0He is riding his balance bike like a champ and wants to keep up with his sister when she bikes.\u00a0When we are outside, he also requests this toy<\/a><\/span>\u00a0 almost daily.\u00a0 This has not only been one his his favorites but a favorite with the neighborhood kids.\u00a0 It was well worth the investment and gets used a lot!\u00a0 We even took it to Kentucky last year for the 4th of July for my kids and niece.\u00a0 It is great to set up for a family-friendly front porch happy hour.<\/p>\n

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In our neighborhood park they have a soccer program for little ones.\u00a0 Little Miss has played since she was two and has loved it.\u00a0 Google watched Little Miss play in the fall, and we thought he could give it a try.\u00a0 We have only had one practice, but he was a champ.\u00a0 Every night we go around the table and ask “what is your favorite part of the day” and we ask if you had a thorn or a bad part of the day.\u00a0 Usually, Google repeats what his sister says as his favorite part.\u00a0 That night for dinner when we asked him he said, “Score goal soccer” and had a big smile.\u00a0 We have been asking favorite parts of the day since Little Miss came home, and it is always amazing what she comes up with for her favorite thing.\u00a0 It brings things back to the perspective that even the smallest thing can be her favorite thing and make the biggest impact in her mind for the day.<\/p>\n

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His speech and talking is starting to come together.\u00a0 From early on he understood English and what we were saying.\u00a0 He was saying a few words here and there, but now he is starting to put together a few more words.\u00a0 He repeats EVERYTHING you say.\u00a0 Even to the point when I asked him in the car what red light means and he said, “Stop…ahhh.”\u00a0 After he said the “ahhh'” I realized I do make an ahhh sound when I get a red light.\u00a0 Whoops, time to practice some patience when I hit those red lights.<\/p>\n

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He continues to be all boy.\u00a0 Cars, construction, fire trucks, anything related to those things he loves.\u00a0 Even here he is looking at my consumer reports car edition.\u00a0 Haha.\u00a0 When Little Miss is at home, she is always in a dress up costume, and he has had no interest in dressing up.\u00a0 He does have a fireman’s hat he likes to put on at times.\u00a0 But you can tell he has an older sister when Little Miss announced that she was Elsa, and Google didn’t miss a beat and said he was Anna.\u00a0 He hasn’t even seen Frozen,<\/em> but he has seen his sister play Frozen<\/em> all the time.<\/p>\n

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The brother, sister bond is strong.\u00a0 Do they fight at times?\u00a0 Yes.\u00a0 But for the most part at home, these two love being together.\u00a0 Little Miss is learning to read, so she likes to pretend she is the librarian and do story time with him.\u00a0 When she is looking at books, he is looking at books.\u00a0 Looking back, I remember Google didn’t always sit for a long time when we read unless it was about construction or cars.\u00a0 Now he will sit and listen to any book.\u00a0 He really enjoys book time, and I love the extra cuddling I get with him when I read.<\/p>\n

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Google is about to turn three this week! How is that possible?\u00a0We missed the first two birthdays, and we can’t wait to have a cake for him, sing, and shower him with love.\u00a0 My mom is coming down for the fun.\u00a0 \u00a0I have a feeling the balloons will be a favorite for him.<\/p>\n

We hope you enjoyed this adoption update.<\/p>\n

Cheers!<\/p>\n

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It’s time for an adoption update.\u00a0 It’s that time again, and it’s that time I am shocked that Google has been home 10 months. At this point I thought we might be close to getting our paperwork from Thailand to start the finalization process here in North Carolina.\u00a0 We have a feeling it will be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44232,"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\/44227"}],"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=44227"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44258,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44227\/revisions\/44258"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}