January 3rd marked Levi being home for 2 months. It seems like he has always been here. He is doing amazing and we love to just sit and watch him. He has a wonderful sense of humor and loves to tease. His facial expressions are wonderful!!! He loves to just sit and play with his toys and seems to have a wonderful imagination. He loves to board games and read books. Play doh is also a favorite. He is getting pretty good at running but can't do it for very long. His new task he is trying to master is jumping! He is determined to keep up with Samuel!! Samuel and Levi are turning into good buddies. They love to mimic each other, which can be good and bad! They are too funny to watch when they get all giggly about something.
While Levi has attached well to us he still had a few behaviors we were working on. One, he tended to play by himself. While he let mom and dad join in he didn't really relish the other kids joining in. I firmly believe this was a trust issue. Him trusting that they wanted to play with him. Now he let's them join in and even seeks them out!! He also, if he fell or got hurt, would just say, "OW" and keep going, not wanting any cuddles. Today for the first time he bumped his elbow, started to cry, and sought me out for some hugs and kisses!!!! He is figuring out that we are family. That we are always here for him. That he can come to us for anything. My heart was happy!
He also loves to pray. At dinner he wants to be the one to pray. I so wish I could understand what he is saying. Due to his cleft it is sometimes hard to grasp all his words. What we do understand is his thanking Jesus for each of us. He will also point to his food, drink, and napkin for us to say what it is. Haha.
Levi goes in on January 24th for his heart catheterization. He will also have a scope done to determine the extent of tracheal stenosis and have ear tubes put in. After the cathe is done we will have more information as to what we need to do so Levi and run and jump with Samuel without getting short of breath and blue! Please be praying for the doctors to have wisdom concerning our son.
How wonderful to hear an update! Lily loves to pray too... funny how it's one of the first things that these children really seem to grab hold of. We couldn't understand what she said at first because it was a mix of English and Chinese, but because she joined our home right before Christmas, she always thanked God for Angel and Mary... then it was her surgeon who did her heart surgery. Now she's learned more and she thanks Jesus for her family and so many other things.
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