Oh, how I love my icicle

Look at my icicle!

I just can't stop looking at it.

What? Did you say something?

Whoops. Dropped it.

Cousins

I always have to post a picture of these three whenever we get together. They are so awesome together. Brynn loves them to death. We went to their brother's baptism. That means Nathan will have a boy to play with whenever we get together. Just perfect.

We have a son!!!

Nathan JiYuan

We got our letter of acceptance from China yesterday, so we can officially announce that we have a son. He is 19 months old from Nanning, GuangXi. He has a repaired cleft lip and unrepaired cleft palate. We are hoping to travel by mid February.

We are so excited to go to China and get him. Brynn can't wait to be a big sister.

Hopefully a later post will have our entire timeline. I don't want to forget anything.

Some things I learned...

during the recovery from my surgeries...

• Even really good doctors can make mistakes. It called being human.


• Not all doctors in one practice are the same. I found one doctor in my ob/gyne office that I will never visit again.


• Even when things look bad, you can laugh.


• My local hospital ob/gyne floor nurses are amazing. They were so caring for the first surgery, even better after the second.


• Peeing when you are laying down is not easy.


• My family, friends, church friends and neighbors are so caring.


• My husband rocks!


• Daytime tv is not really that entertaining. Regis and Kelly can be funny sometimes. Rachael Ray makes some pretty tasty recipes. The View is strange. Dr. Phil is just weird and Oprah has jumped onto the train to crazy world. Don't forget all the wonderful judges. And Maury Povich must spend a fortune on DNA tests. And I can only watch HGTV so much, even though I love it.


• My daughter can still be insecure when things happen that she isn't prepared for. She has got to be the most caring 4 year old in the world. She has been so careful with me and has picked up so much stuff off the floor when I wasn't allowed to bend.


• Even when things don't go the way you think they should, they go the way that God wants them to.

Love the 'do

Brynn did her own hair this morning for school. Lovely, isn't it?

Bowling??

Are you supposed to be on your knees as the ball s-l-o-w-l-y goes down the lane?

Now that's gonna leave a mark...

The surgery went well. I came home on Wednesday and really haven't done much since. Kevin is such a sweetie. He is making sure I am well taken care of. Neighbors and friends are bringing in food for us. Kevin is so grateful.

Thank you for all the well wishes. Now, I just need the swelling to go down. I'm tired of sweat pants.