Here's some pics of the kids in their Olympic shirts. We were shocked to hear Cheng-cheng say "Beijing huanying ni" (Beijing welcomes you) which the mascots name spell out!
the kids are crazy about each other and of course my head is spinning from going from 2 to 3 ! But of course we can't imagine our family without Cheng-Cheng. Btw- that nickname is way too long to type so I think I'll abbreviate to CC or Alex from now on. (We've been introducing his English name gradually)
We had a good appointment at the int'l clinic in Birmingham. They said he is doing great with his emotional adjustment, speech and fine motor skills. His gross motor skills need a little practice. His knee that is little turned in is is actually probably because of a little hip displacement or atrophy from when he had his cyst. They said he will likely need another surgery when he is 6 or 7 to make room for his spinal cord to grow. :( But we won't know until we talk to our neurosurgeon here.
He was a trooper through it all and only flipped out when he had to put down his bag of cookies to give blood. He didn't care about being stuck so much as the cookies! Dan was amazing, explaining everything to Cheng-cheng in Chinese. CC likes to call Dan "gege"- (big brother) which Dan hopes will change soon to Daddy. I told him be glad- you must look young.
Today Cheng-cheng said Thank-you in English. It's funny-Zach and Dora are picking up more Chinese as Alex picks up more English.
Thanks for all your prayers while we were in China-they helped!
We took all the kids to our monthly Chinese school-there were 3 kids recently home from China. It was so sweet to see. Zach got to go to class for the first time now that he's 3- he did well.
Pam
4 comments:
Congrats! I can't wait to meet Alex!
Pam,
We're so glad to see all of you finally home and so happy. Your children are all beautiful! God is good!
With Our Love,
Michael, Jawanna & Abby
I am so glad it is going smoothly!!
Dora and Zach have gotten so big!!!
Pam, I have enjoyed following your journey so much. Alex is precious! We are using Lifeline(I think that's how I found your blog) and live in MS. We have three sons and have pre-approval to adopt a 5-year-old little girl from Wuhan city. We are hoping to travel before the end of the year.
I commented once on your blog before you traveled to get Alex. We were interested in a 9-year-old little girl in the same orphanage Alex is from in Sanmenxia. I cannot get this little girl out of my head. We are praying about her and may pursue adopting her after we complete this adoption. It will honestly have to be entirely in God's hands as she is no longer available for adoption.
I would love to see some of your photos from the orphanage to see if she may be in some of them. E-mail me at kimjoystewart@bellsouth.net if you don't mind sharing.
Thanks,
Kim
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