Day Two

Well, we have survived another day with only one major problem. German is an amazing little boy and much smarter than what his bio gave. To our surprise, he knows a little English. We were expecting him not to know any. He also repeats the English we use. He doesn't always remember but he tries very hard. Right now, he is working on numbers and colors. He teaches us the Spanish and we teach him the Enlgish. I am using more Spanish today than yesterday. Yesterday, I froze. Thank the Lord, John was with me. He has really done well with the Spanish language.

As soon as we are done eating, German insists on brushing his teeth right away. Don't get me wrong, I think that is wonderful, but even before he is done eating, he is asking to brush his teeth. He will not call Tiffany by her name. He insists on calling her hermana (sister). When he wants to do something and we tell him no, he will hug and kiss you lots. He is really affectionate but you can tell when he is using it try to get his way. Our major incident happened when he and Tiffany were playing. They were tickling and wrestling with each other. Well, he bit Tiffany. He didn't break skin and he didn't do it in a mean way but none the less. We made him sit. It was a little tough for him to understand. The first thing he did after we told him no and that was bad, he started hugging and kissing us. It was hard not to give in but we stood our ground. He didn't want to sit so John had to hold him but after just a few minutes, he sat there until we told him he could get up. We think he understood.

We ventured out to the mall today to get German a pair of sneakers. It turns out, his sneakers were 2 sizes too small. Poor little guy had been wearing these sneakers for who knows how long. It was a little rough at the store trying to ask for help. We had a Spanish translation book that had the expressions we needed to use but they still didn't totally understand.

Oh, I forgot, yesterday when we met him, they gave us a bag of medicine. Apparently, he has an infection and is on an antiobiotic. We have to take him back to a doctor next week to make sure everything is okay. I am so happy that we have him. I know God specifically had him in mind for our family and I couldn't be any prouder to call him my son.

We will post more pictures tomorrow once we get them downloaded. Fortunately, at El Refugio, they have free internet access and we brought our own laptop. They have one for you to use but with 5 other families here, you have to share.