Baking with mommy!!

He loved helping me bake an apple pie for Thanksgiving!  Tomorrow he will be helping me bake an apple tart.  Let the holidays beginning....!!!!

Another evaluation over with!

I took Aiden to have a communication evaluation done at All Children's Hospital in Sarasota.  We are so blessed to only have to drive 15 minutes to get to a fabulous hospital.  The therapist was phenomenal and had a lot of positive things to say about Aiden's speech.  He has develop a lot of bad speech habits over the last 5 years, so now we are on the road to breaking the bad habits and creating proper speech.  It seems like the road is long, but Aiden has such a strong desire to correct his speech.  It breaks my heart sometimes, because I know he is fully aware that people can't really understand him.  He is such a sweet, sweet boy and wants to learn the right way. 

Last week we had Ashlea from Aiden's foster home visiting from China and he just adores her.  We have had a couple of crazy busy weeks, but things have settled down a bit.  Today Aiden had one of his best days and it was so nice!!  We see him relaxing more and more.   We had our final visit from our social worker and were told that we should have a court date to officially adopt after the new year.  

GOOD News on Aiden's cleft Lip/Palate

Yesterday we got GREAT news about Aiden's cleft lip/palate.  We have, in my opinion, the most wonderful plastic surgeon.  He said that out of all the Chinese children he has seen, Aiden's surgeries in China are some of the best.  He does have a little opening that allows some air through, but he didn't seem to think it needs to be closed immediately.  So, Aiden is good until he is 7 years old when he has to have a bone graft and at that time they will close the tiny hole in his palate.  He has all his teeth, which is huge!!  The next step is to see a dentist on his cleft team.  My first thought of Aiden's next surgery is, "What happens if we are overseas", but that is easy.....one of us will travel back for the surgery or God will prepare another avenue for Aiden to have the best care somewhere else.   I love serving God.  No worries, no fear....complete trust, unspeakable joy, and peace that passes all understanding!!

We did go trick or treating (just a fun time to get some candy) on Sunday.  I don't have any pictures right now, because I shot them in a RAW format instead of JPEG and those can only be processed through Photoshop and my desktop is in the shop.   However, my little man dressed up as a ninja.   My view point of the night, the houses with lights on were sparse and maybe having a dress up party would have been better.  Overall, we had a great time with the family.