Lian

Wow, it has been a long time since we have posted to this blog. But thought I should give it a quick update. Not that most of you have not kept up on FaceBook but hey, some may not. We have been home with Lian 6 months this Sept 4th. Wow, only 6 months and my how he has changed. When we first met him in China, we were thinking some skills were 3months along and others 6 months. He could not walk, could not feed himself, had no fine motor skill to even pick up cheerios. Once he could pick them up, it took a couple of months for him to figure out how to get them in his mouth.

But now he is running, trying to jump, playing ball. He has one Thomas the Train ball that he loves. It is just the right size for him to pick up with one hand which he started doing this week.

We have two surgeries under our belts. Two should have been all he needed at this point but because his two front teeth stuck out so far the surgeon had to add a surgery just to correct that. But today he looks great. He is starting to explore his lips, and has been trying to blow, but not quite yet. By the way, our surgeon is fantastic. He cares so much about lian that he calls once in a while to check on him.

Next surgery is November 4 when he will repair the palate. Not too excited about that one but it has to be done. Some day, Lian will get to read al of this. Someday he will know just how much God loves him.
I will try to keep more regular updates on this but for now I will sign off.

You can see a ton of photos from China, home, and family stuff at our Flickr page:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/28844051@N05/sets/72157623350478471/