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Help[Games] Re: Mar's Adoption Agency
in reply to a message by Mar
It's been a year since we adopted Greg and Ginny, and the pair have settled in rather nicely.
One of the first things we did after their adoption was set up family counselling, and individual counselling for Greg and Ginny. Greg communicated mostly in messy writing at that point, but we soon started teaching him and Ginny sign language and they took to it rather well.
We also elongated their names and allowed them to choose middle names that they'd like. Greg chose Robert after his Father, and Ginny chose Isolde from a story that Faye used to read to her.
Greg spends most of his free time with the animals, or with Alex and he has learned a lot about training and breeding dogs. His hearing has not completely returned, and the doctors seem to think it will never fully come back, and so far can only hear especially loud noises.
Ginny gets along very well with Harper, and during her first few months she often snuck out of her bed to go sleep with him. She has been sleeping in her own bed more often of late, but if she hears a loud noise during the day, or is particularly scared one night then she will still go to his bed.
Thank you for bringing these two wonderful children into our lives!
DH - Martin Oliver Cook (49)
DW - Alexandra Grace [Harper] Cook 'Alex' (35)
DD - Schuyler Alyssa (9)
DS - Harper Jeremy (6)
AS - Gregory Robert 'Greg' (6)
AD - Ginevra Isolde 'Ginny' (5)
DD/DD - Carson Isabelle & Kennedy Anne (2)
DDog - River (8) [Brittany Spaniel, male]
DDog - Rose (7) [German Shepherd, female]
DDog - Hazel (7) [Brittany Spaniel, female]
DDog - Pogo (6) [German Shepherd, male]
DCat - Cleopatra 'Cleo' (5) [Asian, female]
DCat - Ares (3) [Havana brown, male]
DCat - Diana (2) [Calico, female]
DSnake - Artemis (2) [Ball python, female]
One of the first things we did after their adoption was set up family counselling, and individual counselling for Greg and Ginny. Greg communicated mostly in messy writing at that point, but we soon started teaching him and Ginny sign language and they took to it rather well.
We also elongated their names and allowed them to choose middle names that they'd like. Greg chose Robert after his Father, and Ginny chose Isolde from a story that Faye used to read to her.
Greg spends most of his free time with the animals, or with Alex and he has learned a lot about training and breeding dogs. His hearing has not completely returned, and the doctors seem to think it will never fully come back, and so far can only hear especially loud noises.
Ginny gets along very well with Harper, and during her first few months she often snuck out of her bed to go sleep with him. She has been sleeping in her own bed more often of late, but if she hears a loud noise during the day, or is particularly scared one night then she will still go to his bed.
Thank you for bringing these two wonderful children into our lives!
DH - Martin Oliver Cook (49)
DW - Alexandra Grace [Harper] Cook 'Alex' (35)
DD - Schuyler Alyssa (9)
DS - Harper Jeremy (6)
AS - Gregory Robert 'Greg' (6)
AD - Ginevra Isolde 'Ginny' (5)
DD/DD - Carson Isabelle & Kennedy Anne (2)
DDog - River (8) [Brittany Spaniel, male]
DDog - Rose (7) [German Shepherd, female]
DDog - Hazel (7) [Brittany Spaniel, female]
DDog - Pogo (6) [German Shepherd, male]
DCat - Cleopatra 'Cleo' (5) [Asian, female]
DCat - Ares (3) [Havana brown, male]
DCat - Diana (2) [Calico, female]
DSnake - Artemis (2) [Ball python, female]
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