Hello once again. Andrew finally seems to be sleeping through the night, at least for the last 4 in a row. :) Mama seems to be sleeping better now also. Now if we can just get him to take a nap a little easier. It fights it so hard, bless his heart! My little explorer has been having a blast. Last Friday we went to the park and he tried the slide out and seemed to enjoy that. Did not like the baby/toddler swing. The one there was too much like a harness. Perhaps he remembered the one's at the orphanage? He started crying when I put him in it to swing. He did okay when I held him and we swung in the big swing. Got to meet some moms from my friend Karen's mops group and their kids. One of the kids had even gone through the cleft lip/palate surgeries. Saturday we went up to see family in Reidsville. While Kevin worked we played and went to another friends to scrapbook for another friend's daughter who graduates from high school this year. Andrew got to play with Julianna there. They got along pretty well. Sunday was our first visit to church. Andrew got to meet quite a few of our friends and enjoyed playing in the lobby of the welcome center while Mama tried to listen to the message on the TV and chase him around. Dad was in the worship center listening. Didn't think Andrew was quite ready for a classroom or the worship center. LOL! He does love to run around and stay busy! He also went with us to our small group/Bible study on Sunday night. He got to see most of the gang and meet some more of their children. They'll probably be all best buddies before long!Yesterday, my parents drove up to meet Andrew! They loved him and fussed over him making him feel real special. They brought him his own cell phone/tv control to play with. He was talking away on it yesterday! LOL! Been watching his mama and daddy talking away. The phones been ringing off the hook with friends/family checking in, welcoming us home and wishing Kevin a Happy Birthday! Finally let Nanny pick up for a brief second or 2. I know that will get better soon. I'm including a picture of us so you can enjoy it too. Kevin's not in it because he was the photographer. The other 2 pictures are of Andrew with one of his favorite toys, the popcorn popper and exploring the red bucket. He is precious and my little engineer and explorer.
We went to see the surgeon today. His first surgery will be on May 14th. They'll close his lip and do a little shaping on his nose. We go for a tympanogram to check his ears on 4/28 to see if he'll need tubes at the same time as his lip surgery. (Value pack surgery!) He'll be in the hospital anywhere from 1-3 days. It depends on how he eats and drinks after surgery. We'll get to do the surgery before I go back to work on 5/22 which is an answer to prayer. I'll have 8 days with him before I have to go back. He was a champ at the doctors and charming everyone. We even met on of our AWAA fellowship group members when we were leaving Baptist Hospital. She went to China in December to bring her daughter home. So we had a brief little celebration.
Tonight we go to Fuddrucker's to have a belated birthday celebration for Kevin with our local family and friends. Yummmm! One of Kevin's favorite places. Will it be one of Andrew's?!
Thanks for praying for Abby Grace. She did well with surgery. They were able to complete all that they had planned for that surgery and she may even be going home in the next day or so. She is one tough cookie and we love her. Praise the Lord for His healing and many blessings!
And Lord, thank you for all the rain you've been sending to this dry and parched land!
Love you all.
Lisa
