Zoo

Today wasn't a busy day, but it was a hard day. We've had many power struggles as Joey tests our limits. Like I said, we were told by his Foster Grandpa that Joey pretty much ran the house and we have come to the conclusion that they probably allowed that and didn't discourage it at all. He has many, many behaviors that just aren't going to be accepted and today he tested us on just about all of those, lol. (Hitting, spitting in our faces, throwing things that shouldn't be thrown, yelling at us and kicking...just to name a few!) Again, we were trained for this and we were expecting it, but that doesn't always make dealing with it easier. Being in public with staring eyes doesn't make it any easier!! It literally felt like we spent half of our day correcting him and that is super tiring!

We did go to the zoo today which was quite an experience. Joey had pretty much no interest in the animals but it was nice to be out and about. We walked a lot! We were with the other adoptive family and by the end of our day it seemed as if we had gathered a crowd. I think we may have been the main attraction instead of the zoo animals, lol.

At the end of the day we still having a wonderfully loving boy who is learning us, just like we are learning him. We're making progress and realize we've only had him 4 days! Tomorrow is a new day!!

Speaking of tomorrow... Tomorrow we move on to the next leg of our journey. We will take a bullet train from here to Teagan's province. It's about a 2 hour train ride. We're so ready to move on and we know Joey will do well with the transition. He's really good about just going with the flow!

We are starting to prepare ourselves for adding another child. It is REALLY intimidating to be honest with you!! Joey keeps us on our toes so adding another is going to be a challenge. Jeff's been trying to take over as primary parent with Joey to free me up for adding Teagan. This has gone well so far.... Joey loves his daddy too! That will make things easier for sure :) We will get Teagan on Sunday!

Thank you everyone for all of your kind words and prayers. Hearing from each of you means so much to us <3