Progress report

We're almost at the two month mark since we've been home, so I thought it would be fun to document the little Kazman's progress. When Garrett first got his trike, all he knew how to do was clean it.


This is two weeks later. He now rides it like a pro.


Other milestones:

•Last night was the first time I took a shower without Bob there to watch him.

•Yesterday was the first day without a time-out. Yaaay!!!!!

•Yesterday was the first time he approached the other kids at day care.

•Two days ago was the first time he didn't cry when being picked up from day care.

•Last week he stopped throwing tantrums at day care.

•Pedals a trike forward and steers around corners and obstacles with ease.

•Counts to 10—working on 20.

•Hops on one foot effortlessly.

•Draws circles without being prompted. (He never liked anything to do with pencils/crayons/markers and paper before.)

•His English vocabulary thus far: dog, cat, sit, more water, come, see you later, close the door, good night, lollipop, bicycle, mama work, papa work, clean car, little, big, umbrella, raining, wet car, wet bus, cooking, clean, puzzle, brush your teeth, movie, princess, egg, water, butter, apple, apple juice, banana, stool, eat, Cody good boy, Cody poopie park, Cody walk, baseball, sock buddy, circle, milk, music, papa sleeping, tired, park, play, thank you mama, please, sorry, store, monkey, sunglasses, pudding, gum and good job.

•By week 2, he made the name switch from Nurlan to Garrett. (That one blew me away.)

•By week 2, he made it through the night without wetting the bed.

•First day home he was terrified of our dog. After day 3, Cody and he have been the best of buddies.

•And the biggest hoorah: from the very first day, he never looked back. It was as though he'd been preparing for a mama and papa his entire life.