1 Week After Surgery

I am so happy and relieved to be past Maddy's surgery.  She was a real trooper with everything she went through.  In total we ended up spending 3 days and 2 night in the hospital.  She is healing very well and her sweet spirit has returned.  The only thing left to get back on track is her sleeping.  She is waking at night several times.  That's okay as each night brings a step in the right direction.  Here are a few pictures.

Maddy right before surgery..

Maddy in post op (not happy at all :(


Maddy today one week later!!!!

From CHINA to CHOP

Today is the big day!   We are sitting here waiting for Madeline to come out of surgery.  We have had two updates so far and she is doing great!  Everyone her at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is terrific!  I will update later today!

Schools Out!

Yup!  Schools out and the kids are thrilled!  On the last day of Kindergarten George lost his first tooth!  Kristen is happy that I won't be waking her up early for a while!  As for Miss Madeline... what can I say.  She is a dream baby!  She eats and sleeps incredibly! At night after kisses she let's me know it's time to go when she waves goodbye.  Then, that's it until the morning!  We are getting ready for surgery which is in about 4 weeks.  She no longer drinks from a bottle and has moved on to a traditional cup.  She has seen the early intervention team here for speech and development.  She has made some serious gains and her development is just about on target.  Although she can't say many words (due to her palate) she does answer yes or no questions by shaking her head.  I am amazed at how well she understands English.  She uses lots of signs too!  Here are a few updated pics!

My Lovies!

Trying to get a picture with all 3 kids looking at the camera is tough!  While waiting for hubby to come out of the store the other night I thought I would try it.  Here's how it went...

Finally!

A Day at CHOP

We are so fortunate to live 30 minutes away from one of the best children's hospitals in the country.  Today we met with Dr. Low who will be performing Madeline's surgery.  The date has been set for July 17th.  She will have her palate and lip repaired at the same time.  It is a big surgery but Maddy is a little firecracker and I know she will do beautifully!

Loving Life with Maddy!

We are overjoyed with our little girl!  She is incredibly sweet and full of giggles!  Since arriving home this past Saturday here are some things we have learned:

1. She answers to her Chinese name, so we call her Fei Fei or Xiang Fei.  Of course, we call her Madeline too :)

2. She is a DREAM baby when it comes to sleeping.  She has slept through the night since Gotcha Day!  No 

    crying...nothing!

3. She is a complete and total Daddy's girl!  It's really cute to see her reaction to him.  However, when he is not 

    around she is very happy and cuddly with me!

4. Since being home, she took her first steps and toddles around the living room.  She rides her little sit on 

    scooter.  She signs the word "more" when she wants more food.  She points the remote at the tv, and holds a    

    phone up to her ear.

5. What she really doesn't like is having her diaper changed or getting a bath.  As for dressing her it is an 

    Olympic sport.  One day (hopefully soon LOL!) we will look back on this and laugh!

As for now, we are LOVING life with Maddy!  

ALMOST HOME!!!

In one hour we are going to head out of the airport to pick up Walt, Kristen and Madeline!  I am beyond crazy excited!  I still have a lot to do here at home but I will leave you with a glimpse of where they are at thanks to flight tracker!