Awesome Boy!

Look at what William did with one hand tied behind his back. Ok, well with one in a cast anyway. :-)
Thats his new 48 piece puzzle.

surgery day- friday oct.28

William had his surgery on his "club" arm on Friday. It went pretty well. The orthopedic surgeon had hoped to get the wrist centralized and the forefinger placed in the thumb position, all in this surgery, but it wouold have taken too long. There was alot he needed to get done and it turns out the finger one will be 4 hrs in itself. So that will be revisited in spring of next year. My teacher at Cricket Academy had asked a good question of me yesterday: Will he actually be able to use it after surgery as good as he can now? Right now he is good at using his first 2 fingers and kind of holding things between them and it he will not have that good use of them after than I wouldn't do it.

Anyway, right now William is in alot of pain. He is on 2 different pain meds and still in pain. The doctor said that doing surgery on a bone is extremely painful. He had his ulna worked on and it was shaved(?) a bit because it was bowed. There was also some extra bone at the wrist that was removed and for the next 2 months, he has a long pin from wrist to elbow keeping his arm/wrist straight.

He had a huge cast on and he absolutely hates it! He was throwing temper-tantrums in the hospital (I could hear him in the recovery room!) he was so mad to have that thing on. Periodically now, 2 days later, he pounds on it and tries to rip it off. You gotta figure that all he knows is that he went in to the hospital w/o it and now he's got it on. He doesn't realize that the doctor had to cut his arm! :-( Poor kid!

8 Month Anniversary

Oh  my goodness, has it been 8 months already? 8 months of William being William. 8 months of  him learning what it means to be in our family. 8 months of learning his new language. 8 months of being an All-American, 90 MPH, boy..

He is learning so much every day still. I bought this bike off of Craig's List and he was so adorable learning to pedal. :-) Now, you should see him go! I can actually get a jog in when we go for our walks! I sat there debating whether to buy a jogging stroller or not. I mean, they are so expensive. He is almost 4. But, as it was, there was no way for me to get out and get some exercise with him in tow. But then, God practically dropped this bike right in my lap! Yay!

Will is going to have hand/arm surgery October 28th. I am anxious for this to be over. He is going to be really sad when that arm is immobilized for so long. But in the long run, he will be able to do so much! He is very active! He loves to be a helper!

We picked up brother Josh from college last weekend, just me and the 2 littles. The whole way home, William sang "I like Joshua. I like Joshua. I like Joshua........." You get the picture. It was SO precious, and yet so LOUD! :-)

William loves:
popsicles
Liberty
The Lion King
Scooby Doo
Joshua (as said earlier...heehee)
birthdays. Everyones birthdays!
French Fries
helping momma
being tickled
eggs
his very own daddy - thats what he says too, waaayyy too cute!
pumpkins
watching the Packers with Joey

I am overwhelmed at God's blessings to me.

Time for an update

Mmmm, blue frosting is AWESOME!

Here it is, the end of August and we have had such a wonderful, busy summer with William!
We just had our 6 month post=placement visit from our social worker and everything is going so well!!

Will had his urology surgery 2 weeks ago, and it's all good! Next is his hand surgery. That was suppose to happen in Sept., But the gal is not returning my calls to schedule!


He grew 1" and gained 1.5 lbs! Yay William! He knows that "W" stands for William (thanks to his teacher, Liberty!) He used to say "T" was for William because his name in China started with a T. He also knows that "L" is for Libby.

In a couple weeks we will start Cricket class! Thats a Saturday morning class that teaches Chinese language, culture and dance. (we aren't signed up for dance).

I thank God every day for this sweet little boy that I am blessed to raise! *as well as my other kids and hubby!!*

A Special Visitor

Will and Kyla swinging

Kyla, Will and Kyla's big brother eating push-up pops

We had the pleasure of meeting one of Williams best friends from Shepherds Field! Her name is Kyla, used to be Ginger, and her family swung down by us on their way east for a vacation. Kyla has been home for a year now and Will has been home for almost 5 months. :-) They are so sweet together. I wonder how much they actually remember.

Philip Hayden Foundation is so remarkable. They have such a wonderful orphan ministry. As the years go by, I hope that I am able to take a bigger part in their ministry. I hope that my little kids have a heart to reach out to orphans.

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What a great week!

We had such a nice week last week with Sharon! Will just loves her and talks about her constantly. {smile} When we brought her to the airport, we picked out a little airplane, and Sharon "showed" him where she will sit on it and he tells EVERYBODY that That is Sharons window. :-)

Thanks for everything Sharon! William loves to look at his scrapbook!

Meeting Sharon!

Well, this Monday, William will meet his sponsor, Sharon! Sharon has been such a blessing in Williams life in the orphanage. Shepherd's Field Children's Village (   http://chinaorphans.org   )  has a program that one can sponsor a child and that helps pay for food, clothing, surgeries, etc, and Sharon was "Tristan"s" sponsor for about 2 years. She's prayed for him for a long time. Once we were approved to adopt him, she sent me all the pictures, updates, anything that would be of interest for us. She has such a heart for children and the orphans of the world!

We also have decided to sponsor a little girl from SFCV. We chose a little girl named Sharon. :-) "Tristan" is one of her best friends and Will recognized her on the web site.

See you Monday Sharon!