The doctor did echo my feelings of little successes; we started with no healthy tissue and 2 large holes, we now have healthy tissue and one small hole. It is something to celebrate! However, it is difficult to hear that your baby has to undergo ONE more procedure. We will have 6 months of healing before another surgery is scheduled; more than likely around Thanksgiving again.
Oh, we did get GOOD news; Analiese can chew BUBBLEGUM!!!!! I forgot to ask the doctor during the exam about the gum so Analiese ran down the hall to Dr. Williams and said, "can I have bubble-gum?" It was so touching to see the surgeon bend all the way down to Analiese's level and ask, "what is it that you want sweetheart?" When Analiese asked again, "can I have bubblegum?" Dr. Williams looked at me for help. I repeated her question and he announced, "Absolutely!".
Analiese just said, "Wahoo" and skipped all the way back to me.....to the sounds of AWWWW from every nurse there! It was a sight to behold.
On another topic.....Matthew has confirmed that he received his packages from us and has seen pics of his family. With that he ran off to play---what a boy!
We've been told that he is not nearly as big as he looks in our photos; the small chair and the little children just make it look that way. On the other hand, he does have a "belly" and certainly has not missed a meal!
Dave and I were talking about the exercise he'll get in our family. While the girls are dancing Matthew will have his choice of sports, Tae Kwon Do, tumbling or whatever he wants.
We've just become aware of the increase of the cost of the Chinese Visa's---increased from $50 to $100 as of Aug 1. We have not received Sarah nor Analiese's passports so we will be forced to pay the higher price but for the other three we are rushing to get everything in the mail to the courier. The visas are good for six months so we'll be fine if we get them now. I'm wondering if I can send the bill for the additional $100 to our legislators and tell them to pay it!
Grace and Analiese had camp this past week; tumbling and princess. Today was the performance for the parents. Grace was fantastic! Unfortunately she is so hard on herself; if she didn't do things perfectly today she was so close to tears! Analiese on the other hand was just so overjoyed to perform and that we were there to see her. Everytime she had an opportunity she ran to me and hugged me. I just couldn't help but laugh and smile. She is so infectious! I think Analiese is just happy to be a part of things that she doesn't pay much attention to how well she performs--what an inspiration! We all could take a lesson from her and start enjoying things more and quit worrying about how we all look!
I have one more week left of vacation and then it is back to work! This summer has flown by, we've been so busy. The girls have kept me running as has surgery and trips out of town; one to Michigan and the other to Florida. This past week we've had so much rain. The grass looks great but we are missing the pool. Hopefully this coming week will be lots nicer.
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We are getting our VISAs as well and using Carol at www.dependable-acs.com as she only charges per family and not per Visa. Just FYI. Sounds like a busy summer :)
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