Brave & amazing! Always has a smile on his face, even when he was sick and needed emergency surgery for a ruptured appendix with pneumonia
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Mateo is a very confident (lol, he looks in the mirror and says to himself, "Who is that handsome boy?"). He is also a strong-willed child (He will pull the I am going to tell my grandma card when he does not get what he wants). He is not shy about expressing how he feels, whether good or bad, but at the same time, he is very kind-hearted. He will hug you and say I love you out of the blue, and most of the time, he shares all of his things with others.
What are Mateo Andrade's favorite activities?He loves music, and about 90% of the time, you will find him listening to music and dancing. He enjoys going to the pool with his sibling and spends a lot of time playing soccer with his older brother. He is currently in a pre-K class, and he enjoys attending school to learn and making new friends. (He is hilarious, unlike other kids who cry because they don't want to go to school; he cries because school they are in summer break, and he gets to stay home, lol)
How would $25,000 impact your family?We are a family of 6, and in 2021, we had to sell our home due to loss from the pandemic, and with a new baby (Mateo), we moved closer to family, and I had to stop working to stay home with the kids. I recently started working again, and with the kids getting older, we would love to purchase a home once again. This would help with a down payment. There are also some unpaid medical bills from when Mateo stayed in the hospital for over a week; insurance paid most, but we still have a balance.
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