Many adoptive parents have commented to me that they begin to see their childs true self exposed at about the 1 year mark. Garrett has had one of the easiest transitions that I have ever read/heard about. So I not surprised that at the 6 month mark we are seeing a total transformation of our little guy.
Some things are simple -- that is an egg in his hand -- yes the only food he would not eat when he first came over. It has suddenly become his favorite food, with no prompting from us. It is the first snack he grabbed everyday this week!
His shirt you will notice is a disaster. Our neat and tidy boy has turned into a walking tornado over night. You must remind him to pick up after himself and for the last two weeks when I pick him up from school his clothes are covered in God only knows what!!!
My sweet cuddly baby is now an independent "myself" kind of guy. He gets the mail, gets himself in the carseat, does not want to be held in public, wants to do everything and anything that Aley can do, basically he is a big kid now :-)
Our once silent little guy will not be quiet!!! Unfortunately we have no idea what he is saying 90% of the time. And now that he has gotten the communication bug he sure is frustrated when we don't understand him. He is unwilling to let the conversation drop until we get it right. Wether he has to sign it, mime it, draw it, whatever it takes (and with a bit of huffing and puffing on his side!) === he has to make sure he gets his point across!
Aleys little puppet is gone. Garrett no longer cares to be cute and cuddly for his big sister instead he has pumped up the sibling rivalry and is fast and furious with his tattle tallying. Not a behavoir that I allow but boy does he try it!
Nor is he the quiet laid back guy in his class. He is socializing right along side the others (I observed a lovely conversion at a birthday party --- even limited vocabulary can handle the necessary words needed to discuss farting with your friends!!!). And definitely holding his own with his peers! I had a report of a little playground incident where the "bully" tried pushing him around; half his size and with little words but he put that "bully" in his place (no he did not pop him)!
Some things are apparently never going to change.
He is shy, so shy of strangers, especially pretty girls.
He is observant, nothing misses a beat with him.
He remembers everything --- words he has only heard once, months later he knows what they are and often how to write them if he saw them in a book!
He adores his Dad and wants nothing more than to be exactly like him.
He is so grateful of everything given to him.
He is ours and we love him so much!
