Thursday, May 2, 2013

3 months home!!!

We got home exactly 3 months ago from China. Claire has adjusted great and it seems like she has been with us forever. She is adding new English words often. She just asked for string cheese actually. The boys love her and Aiden told me today that he want 5 brothers and 5 sisters. Ha!!

Medically she has gained a bit of weight- but is still wearing 18m size clothes. She does indeed have sleep apnea so she will have surgery for tubes, adenoids, and tonsils in mid-June. It will be in Charleston and will be one night (hopefully that is all) in the hospital over. The surgeon will also scope her nose to get a good look at her septum which will help for future surgeries.

I know I have not blogged much but life has been busy! And 3 kids make a ton of laundry!! Here is a cute pic from yesterday.

I have also been praying a lot for a certain group of kiddos in China. Through ELIM kids charity I have learned that kiddos and even adults in China who are HIV positive are shunned. They are ignored. They are not touched for fear of HIV spreading through simple contact (which we all know is not true!!) they are isolated. ELIM kids is a charity started by two Aussie physicians. They help raise awareness, they pay for foster care for these kids, and they will support kids and parents who are HIV positive by paying for meds and such to keep these kids in their own families. They are on FB and have a website. It is only 40 dollars a month to sponsor a kid- and they are my new favorite charity. Can you imagine never being touched by another human unless they wear gloves? It is heartbreaking.

We are so blessed to have our miracle mudpie makers. Share our joy and our journey.