Surgery.. Nov 30th

That's the big day. When she gets her palate fixed. We really liked Dr.Stieg. He was soo confident, it was cool the hear that. Like no big deal, done this thousands of times! I like that! He said that her lip fix was not good.. but beautiful! He was totally impressed of how it was done back in China!.. YEY.. I mean everyone has always commented on how you could hardly tell and it was cool to hear the professional's opinion was the same!

So she goes in early that Tuesday and will have to spend at least one night in the hospital. She can go home as soon as she is drinking. He says the younger they are the earlier they go home, so let's hope we are in that group. She'll have to wear braces on her arms so she can't stick her fingers in her mouth.. see this link.. http://www.pediatricmedicalsolutions.com/Order.html Somehow I don't think she'll be soo happy like those two girls. I'm thinking those shots were photoshopped with happy faces! Either way it has to be done, let's just hope she heals fast so we can dump the braces. Should be interesting when she bathes!..

She is sooo close to standing. Today I saw her let go and hover before sitting plop on her butt! oh man here it comes she'll be running in no time!

Today we went to Target and tried out the new shopping cart liner I made. It was great! She likes to "chew" on the cart!!! oh man.. usually I put my sweat jacket there so she doesn't eat the cart! was nice to have something else there. She was great and fell asleep in the car on the way home. She's napping now, we are going on 2hrs so I should hear her soon.

Here are some more pictures..

Looking cute for church in a dress I got long ago. figured she should wear it now before she grows out of it!

Cruzin in the new wagon!

Hello to my fans!

Waiting for Daddy to get her bath ready..

She sat and started to pull off her clothes she just couldn't wait to take her bath!!

Spinach Pesto tortellini is deelish!

just a few more pics

We went to EPCOT Saturday eve to see Howard Jones with our new neighbors.. Mr Jones was great. Then we went over to the China pavillion and we were floored on how small their Temple of Heaven is.. I mean TINY compared to the real one. So we had to get a picture! was fun to see it after seeing the real thing.

Robyn and her pumpkin.

ZaiJian

~Donna

Fun in the Sun.

No, it wasn't me who emptied the diaper box.. all over.

Looking cool at EPCOT listening to Howard Jones.

Strange flavor..

She's thinking.. yum.. I've had stuff in tubes like this before and it was yummy!!

Whoa.. yuk!!! Dad Rutabagas are icky..I don't care what you say!


Yea we've been busy. So many of you tell me you check this thing.. so here I am postin..

So this week.. Well David's team did a great surprise party for his 20th Company Anniversary. Which was actually on Gotcha Day, Aug 30th when we were in China! It was a baseball theme with hot dogs and nachos. Great touch! And he was surprised too!

Thursday night we went to our ballroom dance class group to see how the group dance is coming along. We are just not able to participate, for obvious reasons. Robyn LOVED watching them dance. She was mesmerized!

Saturday we went to the Celebration Rotary Club pancake breakfast. David had met a neighbor while walking with Robyn thru our neighborhood. He had a wagon that he suggested we bid on.. and we did.. and we won it. No pictures here yet. They are still in the camera. Afterwards we went to the pumpkin patch to get our pumpkin and take some pictures of the gal. She was scared of the hay.. too funny.

Otherwise she's doing great. We find it humorous that people ask how she's adjusting.. hmm let's see Here's What I'm thinking.. she's thinking

these two people feed me, change me and play with me all the time instead of being in an orphanage.. it rocks...

So yea she's doing great. This week it appointment week. Tuesday I have my 6month dental cleaning, then Wednesday is the big ENT appt. We meet the grand poo-ba of drs for cleft palate. This is where we hope to find out what our gal has ahead of her. Please say some prayers that it's well.. ya know on the easier side of things. I dread the surgery but know she'll be happier in life with it. And in doing it young she won't remember.

Thursday, haircut for David. fun huh. And then this weekend Aunt Beth and Uncle John come on out. We can't wait for her to see how well Robyn is progressing! She's amazing now. Crawls at top speed, and is drinking from a cup sooo much better and holds on and walks around her table. Soo cute!

Well.. time to wrap up. Will update after the big doctor appt. Again wish us luck!

ZaiJian

~Donna

ARGH

So I've tried three times to get the pics from the last post to enlarge.. or be clickable. So honestly I have no idea why they aren't..

argh.

~Donna

17 pounds!!

Oh yea.. this girl is finally putting on some weight! She only weighed 14lbs back on Sept 7th when we went to the Clinic in China! You can tell too.. she's got those nice thick baby thighs now. Funny how that is a good thing at this age. At 30 she'd hate for me to say.. hey my daughter has nice thick thighs! ANYWAY...

She's doing great. Sometimes she puts up a fuss when it's naptime.. but now we try to plan errands in such a way she falls asleep on the way home and then you just plop her in her crib to finish her nap!

She clearly says Hi, Bye, and hello. Loves to wave! She loves to accessorize! things become bracelets all the time! She loves to wear hats too.

how cute is this!

She wore her ears for like 30mins before she took them off. Still working on Sunglasses, those don't stay on too long.

Now she's crawling like crazy, she's really fast too! and follows us around the house. She is VERY close to standing on her own. She'll do it with one hand now. And is really trying to walk when we hold her hands. She wants to do it all the time. She is doing great with her signing, we got a signing DVD. Gonna try to get her to watch it. She has no interest in TV. Just doesn't get it. Most parents complain their kids want to watch all the time, mine could care less. She just wants to play play play. Rut roh.. she just had a nightmare?!? or gas.. poor thing I just rubbed her back and she went back to sleep.. whew..

Anyway tomorrow Grandma and Grandpa are coming for a visit! Can't wait to see what Grandma thinks. She saw her when we got home and it's been a month. And Grandpa hasn't seen her yet.. well in person anyway. We Skype with them all the time! And she always waves hi and bye to them! oh.. Their cat Chessie.. weighs more than my kid! 20lbs! That's average for a Maine Coon Cat! wiki link here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maine_Coon

Go Braves!!

ZaiJian

~Donna