Joshua A Streeter

For those of you who are interested, I want to give a quick update on Josh and how he is changing and growing. He is very much a toddler now days and loves to run and kick balls. He is starting to wrestle more and loves to tease. He climbs on everything. Spencer and I have started to do Time-outs, although he just seems so little still. He actually isn’t disobedient at all, except for one stupid thing which he thinks is so fun. He will climb up on the back of the chair at the dinner table and leans back and forth till it starts to wobble –if you can picture it, it seems very dangerous- The last thing we want is a head injury in china.

He recently has learned the word “NO” and whenever I say it he will repeat it with a smile on his face. It is so cute. I love that he understands everything we say like “go get your shoes” or “get in your stroller”.  We also taught him how to give puppy dog kisses J So, sometimes he will lovingly lick our faces. Josh loves lions, ever since he started making animal noises that was one of the first he learned and definitely his favorite. He has a little toy lion he likes to play with and one of the movies we brought with us was The Lion King. So Spencer got it all set up on my computer and we watch it at least once a day. When he hears the lions roaring he will roar with them. But it isn’t a long roaaaaaaaar , it’s just a really quick, short roar.

I love having Josh here with us in China, yeah it is inconvenient, and yeah it makes things hard, but often times since being here I think of how perfect Josh is to be our first born so he could come with us. He is so patient with Spencer and I, so understanding,  and so quick to forgive. Josh doesn’t love all the Chinese people yet. When someone is giving him attention he will run the other way or cover his face with his blanket or cry. I was surprised he could tell the difference once we moved here but he isn’t very friendly yet. Josh is really good at concentrating. He is always deep in thought and observant to what is around him. He knows what fireworks are and doesn’t like the sound. He loves watching the men cook out on the street with their woks and fire. He loves to see eggs scramble in oil and has figured out how elevators work and will wait by the door till they open then want to push the buttons to go down. What is really cute is when we get off the elevator going home he knows to turn the corner and what door is ours. He loves when we are in the kitchen cooking food. He will come in saying “cook, cook” and wanting to get up and help.

Josh has turned over a new leaf during church. He does really well. He will sit still for almost the whole 3 hours playing quietly by himself. He has really figured out how to express himself and it is cute to watch him want to do things his way. We of course have so many hopes and dreams for Josh. He is so little still but he has definitely been changed by this experience, hopefully for the best.