Bringing everyone up to speed

Adalynn Paige arrived just about 3 weeks ago and life will never be the same. The boys are so in love, as are we. But to bring everyone up to speed, we have decided to start our first ever blog. Not only to let you know about what is going on in our lives, but also to keep you updated about Adalynn's surgeries, doctor's appointments, and progress.

Well, we've been married for almost 11 years and 3 kids and 1 dog later things are very busy to say the least.

John is well into his Ph.D. program at the University of Georgia. He is working hard on research for his dissertation and should be completing everything in the next year or so. This means another move in the near future to wherever he happens to get a job.

Shannon is enjoying spending time at home this summer with Broderick, Camden, and Adalynn while John is working in the office. She will return to teaching 3rd grade in late fall at Bethlehem Elementary about 10-12 weeks after the school year starts.

Broderick is getting bigger everyday. It is hard to believe, but he will be starting kindergarten in the fall and will be turning 6 in October. He will be going to kindergarten at his mommy's school and according to him the best part of kindergarten will be going to her room everyday after school.

Camden is growing-slowly, but growing nonetheless. At almost 3 years old he barely weighs what Broderick weighed at 12 months. He loves to be busy and is a VERY active little boy. Most people already notice how agile and athletic he is. He will be starting preschool this fall instead of going to the babysitter's house. Our church, Mars Hill Baptist Church, is opening a preschool and Camden will be going 5 days a week for 4 hours. He is very excited about his new school, but is a little confused about why he can't go to Mommy and Bubby's school.

Adalynn Paige started stirring up trouble long before she arrived. We found out at a 20 week routine ultrasound that she was going to born with a cleft lip and possibly palate. We did all of our research and we were more than ready for her to arrive. She made her debut 3 weeks ago and has been doing great. Her lip and palate were both affected, but will be repaired in the next few months. She has already met with her "Team" at Scottish Rite part of Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta and her prognosis looks good. It appears as though the cleft is an isolated incident and not related to any other syndrome. The geneticist doesn't think further genetic testing is needed unless we decide to have more children-which doesn't look likely. We meet again on July 5 with the Occupational Therapist and Dietitian just to make sure she is gaining okay.

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