Tonsils and Adnoids

Christian was a super brave boy for his surgery. He did much better with his recovery than I did a few years ago. The little guy can breathe out his nose now and no more snoring like a grown man.

Playing Catch Up

Playing catch up is the story of my life! Some days I feel like a dog chasing its tail, and some people in the house wonder why I can crash at 8 like the little ones!

Anyways to get you all caught up:
Halloween- Chandler was an old man, Carter a skeleton, Christian an Asian man, and Mia a bumble bee.

Adoption Hearing- went very well. Mia was a firecracker, the judge was ok with it. :)

Plastic Surgeon- met the doctor--nice man, great staff. Palate surgery is set for Dec 13. We see the cleft team this Wednesday.

Tonsils- Christian gets his out on Nov 19.

So far that is what is going on in this house. :)

My Crew

A quick family picture. We will have professional ones done Saturday. I am a picture freak and cannot wait. I am pretty sure I am the only one excited.

Blood work and poo

Yesterday we went for some tests for Mia. Lot's of bloodwork, it took two pokes to get enough. But our girl was a trooper. On the way out they gave me some bottles/jars to collect poo. Yes, poo. Not just 1, 3 poo samples from 3 different days. Like one time wasn't going to be an experience, I get to do it 3 times. The poo gathering is to test for parasites.

The doc did call today and all her bloodwork came back stellar!

Circus and a 5th Birthday

Blogger is being difficult this evening.

As Tim said so well we took our circus to the circus. Ringling Brothers was in town last week and we decided to take the kids. It was a good time. If you went early you got to interact with the performers. Tim is helping with a magic act in the one picture! Oh and the couple hanging from the ribbons totally stole that from Tim and I. ;)

Christian turned 5. Can you believe it? Not me. Next year he heads off to kindergarten. Yikes. He wanted chocolate cake, chocolate icing and chocolate ice cream. Gotta love these simple requests. He helped decorate his cupcakes and we had his favorite for supper--spaghetti.

First Doctor Appt.

I took Mia to the pediatrician this week. He is such a great doctor/person. So glad we switched to him. He said Mia looks great; height/weight. Since we had 5 shots in China, we did not need any more right away. The others can wait till her 2 year appointment. We will go back in a couple of weeks to set up some bloodwork and have her ears flushed. (Her ears are pretty packed with wax). He also referred me to a plastic surgeon that has a cranofacial team. I have done some research on him and have only heard/found good things.

Update...

September has been a long month and we are only half way done! We have had school pictures, football games/practices, doctor appointments (for every child at various locations). I do like this time of year; the newness of school, the weather is JUST RIGHT, and the anticipation of fall. I did get family pictures set up. I am using this lady: www.lisafeatherphotograhy.com Her pictures look nice, the price was right, and she seemed up to the challenge of the 6 of us.

I have looked at what I need to do to get Mia an Ohio birth certificate and other post adoption stuff. Key word is looked, I need to get on the phone, fill out paperwork and write some checks. Since we are Hague, I should be getting her SSN in the mail soon.

I have rambled enough. Mia is adjusting well. Our days are a bit crazy and I am ready for bed before the kids are! I wouldn't have it any other way.