Emily's last day..

Today was Emily's last day with us. She leaves to go back to college on Saturday! I really was hoping today would not come, we will miss her terribly. I was going to try really hard not to cry, but it happened!! Now, Emily may be glad her summer is over, and she is back to school, but the weeks ahead will be bringing many changes for our family, and today was just the beginning! Thank you Emily for being so sweet, patient, and kind with Wyatt. Your gentle touch was exactly what Wyatt needed this summer! You will be an awesome teacher, and mom. Good Luck, and have a great semester!

Now, the official garage sale starts tomorrow and we are going in to this with $972.00. I heard from OHIO today, and they raised $675( they are having a 4 day Sale). Now, Katie has been telling me for a week that no way could they get close to the amount we had already raised, and then she posted $675, we spoke several times today and I told her she was trying to throw me off my game this past week saying no way could they come close to that amount. It nearly worked and I was slacking, but today I have been going through things in the house, and look out because if Justin is not careful I may put a price on his stuff!!!!!!!!! We MUST win this competition, and yes Katie I do remember there are no losers, and it is all for the children.

I will post again this weekend with an update. Everyone enjoy your weekend!!!!!!!

Lots of Updates.....

Well it has been a busy week!!!!!! Dylan and Dustin have been such big helpers with Wyatt since they have been here. They play with him, help feed him, take him on walks, everything but change diapers!!! We are working on the whole diaper thing?!?!?

We have gone to Incredible Pizza and rode the Train, we went to the Zoo and rode the Merry Go Round, and love the Polar Bears, and Monkeys. I will have these pictures posted soon. We have attended several swim parties, Wyatt is a water baby!!! It has been nice having a house full of boys, and who would have ever thought I would say that.

On a sad note one of the EAC adoptive families that was in Russia earlier this year, and brought home a 18 month old died two weeks ago. His dad forgot he was to drop him off at daycare, and he went to work, and left the little boy in the car all day, at 5:00pm someone noticed something and by that point it was to late. Russia is deciding if they are going to pull the agencies accreditation for Russia, there are 400 families waiting for Russia to make the decision on accreditation. EAC was the agency we used, and I spoke with them yesterday and they thought the decision would be made today. Please pray for the family in Virginia( Chase was the little boys name, Miles his father), for EAC to remain in good standing in Russia, and for the 400 families that are waiting for the decision.

I also wanted to take this opportunity to update about the garage sale, we had a presale last weekend and raised $972 and counting. The official garage sale is next weekend, August 2nd so if anyone still has anything they want to donate we are still taking donations! Thank you for the donations, and a special Thank you to Kelly Scott, and Lucille Brown who have given countless hours of their time as well to make this a success.

I will get some new pictures posted within the week, and until then enjoy the HEAT WAVE of summer, and remember to drink plenty of fluids.

Dr calls with results.....

Dr. Cholmers called this morning, and said that most of the labs looked good. There is one that will be repeated in a year, but nothing to concern ourselves with. I was telling Emily this morning if your read the blog only, and do not ever get to talk to us you might think we have a unhealthy, little boy. But, Wyatt is certainly not unhealthy!!!!!!!!! Maybe all these tests are being done because there are so many factors about his birth, genetics, etc that we can not answer when asked. One by one the appointments are being completed, and soon we can focus our energy elsewhere.

We had a busy weekend. We left Saturday morning headed for Dallas to pick up my nephews who will be here for two weeks on summer vacation. We stopped in Sherman, Texas to see our friends Sam, Melissa and their kids Natalie and Gavin. Gavin and Wyatt were in the orphanage together, and we were able to meet Sam and Melissa on our first trip to Russia, and then traveled back at the same time on our second trip. Our little boys got chicken pox on the same day. There are so many things about this family that bonds us together! We are thankful they live so close, it is an easy 3 hour drive from our door steps to theirs. The award of most change goes to their son, Gavin. I can not believe how much he has changed in 12 weeks, Natalie and Wyatt are gaining weight, and height. They are also changing before our eyes, but sweet Gavin has changed the most. With Melissa's permission I am posting a picture of their family, also several of my friends have already seen this picture and commented that you are a beautiful family. Thanks for a great Saturday morning! Then we continued on to Dallas where we had lunch with my Uncle Wayne, cousin Alex and his wife Taylor, and new baby Ginger and of course Don, Stephanie, Dylan, and Dustin. After lunch Wyatt went to the nursing home to say Hello to his Great, Great Aunt Blonda who is 94 years young!

Then we headed for home and pull in about 9:00 pm, so it was a 13 hours day and most of that was spent in a car, and again Wyatt was a champ!

Have a great week everyone, and look for the pictures to be updated by Tuesday!

Doctor changes mind and does want more tests...

Wyatt's doctor called today and said she wanted to run some blood tests because after getting her lab results from Dr. Raley it was noted he had an evaluated sodium count, nothing we are to concerned about, but since she is running tests she will go ahead and run some tests that on Monday she mentioned not doing because she did not want to poke him needlessly. We will take him in on Friday, and then early next week have the results. She also mentioned that his hand xray measured at 9 months, what does that mean I asked? She basically said that since his chronological count is early than his biological count ( or maybe the other way around) that he still has some good growing time ahead of him to catch up, where as if he were 16 months and had 24 month hands then his catching up opportunity would be less. Make since to you all? We will have to be at the lab at 8:00 am she wants me to wake him, and take him. This test level shows how he deals with stress in the body ie. during illness, surgery, or sickness. It is controlled in the pituitary gland.

I know I am to old, and do not like science, but I may have to go back and get my doctor degree. I have learned more about the body, eyes, and brain than I thought I would ever want or need to know!!!!!

Wyatt's cousins are coming this weekend, for two weeks to play with, and help with Wyatt. We will have a great two weeks, thanks for sharing your boys with us Stephanie and Don.

4th of July weekend.....

We had a great holiday weekend. We went to Lubbock to spend times with friends, and go to the Lake. Wyatt loved the Lake, not so much his life jacket at first, but the Lake was a definite hit. He loved the wind hitting him in the face, and watching the waves hit the side of the boat. He even managed to take a nap on the boat! Justin said he is definitely a lake baby, and we are glad because we both enjoy the Lake so much. In fact mine and Justin's first date was to Fort Gibson Lake. Wyatt was off schedule all weekend, and we are hoping by tonight he is back to somewhat of a schedule.

Wyatt had a doctors appointment today with the endocrinologist, and she seems to think things look fine with him. She was going to give the pediatrician a call, and she took an ex ray of Wyatt's hand said it would tell her about his growth plates, and his size?!?!?!? She wants to see Wyatt in 6 months, but until then she says continue doing what it is we are doing. He weighed 18.3 oz today. We are looking for the 20 lb club, because Justin is ready for Wyatt to be in a forward facing car seat, so at 20 1/2 pounds, we will probably turn him around, may try and go until he is 22 lbs, for safety. Remembering back Wyatt was 14 lbs, the day we left the Orphanage, and 15 lbs at our first US doctors appointment on April 19th. So 4 lbs, 3 ozs since March 28th is pretty good!!!!!!! We fight for every ounce, and get excited with each ounce gained.

Hope everyone has a great week, and Thanks to everyone who has donated to the garage sale cause. Our garage is full, I will take a picture and post it on the site so you can see what I am talking about. Look out OHIO...... We are scheduled to have a presale on July 19th because I do not think it will all fit in the garage until sale day. We still have donations coming in!!!!