Merry Christmas!!!!!

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Palate Repair...Adalynn's GREAT-Everyone else has gone downhill?!?!?

Adalynn's been recovering very well. She is still in a lot of pain, but overall the whole process has been much easier than John and I ever expected. Despite her recovery going well, everything else went crazy. Camden felt pretty yucky with strep throat and John's dad had a gall bladder attack while down here and was admitted to the hospital. Camden also experienced his first "shiner" courtesy of his brother.

Things are slowly returning to normal. My mom left on Wednesday evening (after the boys opened their remote control matching Hummers), John's dad was released from the hospital and they have returned to Indiana, the antibiotics have helped Camden and he feels much better (besides a nasty looking black eye). Adalynn has been smiling more each day and is slowly getting back to normal. She still won't sleep lying flat, but will now let us put her down as long as she is propped up. The corner of the couch works wonders!

Thanks for checking in on us! We appreciate all the prayers! The power of prayer is amazing!!!!! THANKS :)

Here are some photos

....remember you can click on any photo to enlarge it!

AND THE BEST FOR LAST.....

2 1/2 months old (before lip repair)

6 months old (before palate repair)

We're Home

I can't believe it and I am still very nervous, but WE'RE HOME!!!! Adalynn has done amazingly well. She is eating well and we have even gotten smiles (now that she is off the morphine). We left Scottish Rite around 4:00 this afternoon. She is a little fussy and seems to hurt, especially when the pain meds wear off, but considering they ripped the top of her mouth off, stretched it, and sewed it back on-she is doing great. The plastic surgeon did say that her cleft was a lot larger than what he thought. He said it wasn't the largest that he's seen, but it was large. We will follow-up with him in about 2 weeks (probably right before or after Christmas).

Please continue to pray that she stays on track for a speedy recovery. It has been strangely easy so far and we hope it continues. When I have a bit more time on here, I will post pictures (though you can't see much)!

Surgery is scheduled

Just a quick note to let everyone know that surgery is scheduled at 8 am Monday morning and we have to arrive at the hospital by 6. We will keep everyone posted. Wish us luck.

Surgery Countdown....#2

Adalynn's surgery is scheduled for December 10th! Aaaaaacckkkkkkk I can't believe it is already here. She is finally doing so well after the lip surgery and it seems too soon to be doing another surgery already-but we are. They will close her palate and put tubes in. We still don't know a time and we learned (after the first surgery at 12:45) that age really doesn't factor into surgery time. The hospital should call us sometime on Friday and let us know. Please say a little prayer for her, us, as well as both surgeons that will be operating.

Here are some photos from the Watkinsville Christmas Parade. It was a beautiful day and Adalynn really didn't even need her hat. The boys were EXTREMELY good, especially compared to all of the kids around us. They were pushing, shoving, and at one point someone even took candy out of Camden's lap. Broderick was the sweetest when he said "it's okay, mommy, we have lots of candy at home". Camden was mad at Santa though, because he threw a piece of candy that hit him in the head. Bad Santa...Bad Santa.

Thanks again for checking on us. Be sure to continue to pray for Ryan and Missy as they bravely and courageously fight the fight! There have been some recent bumps in their journey and all prayers would greatly help. I've copied the following information from his blog page. It would be great if we all could add to his Christmas Tree.

There are two great ways to help raise money for NB research over the Christmas holidays. Lunch for Life has started the Christmas Tree campaign already and Ryan got the first two ornaments on his tree this morning. There is a link on the left side of Ryan's site-(NOTE: I PUT HIS LINK ON HERE...JUST CLICK ON LUNCH FOR LIFE). If you use the code 26819, Ryan gets an extra ornament. All the money raised by Lunch for Life goes to find a cure for Neuroblastoma. Also, when you are doing your holiday shopping, register with i-give. There are tons of stores that will make donations when you make a purchase. You can choose your charity when you register. Aflac and the Rally Foundation are both charities you can select.