Logan's Jackson Hospital Appointment

On Thursday I took Logan to see Dr. Stricker, a pediatric orthopaedic surgeon at U of Miami Jackson Memorial Hospital.  I liked the doctor and the fact that he seemed up to date on current medical research.  He also teaches at U of Miami.

Dr. Stricker's information regarding Logan's disease was basically the same, but his course of action was a little different than Dr. Baitner at Miami Children's Hospital.  Dr. Stricker said Logan seemed about middle of the road as far as severity of his disease.  He didn't want to see Logan until 9 months from now.  He also said he would only x-ray the bad arm at that time and that Logan would eventually need surgery on that arm.  Other x-rays would be done on an as needed basis.

Now we have to decide who we want to work with and what will be best for our Logie boy.      

Mom's Day

After attending my school's rockin'country party fundraiser last night... we decided to sleep in this morning.

Then had breakfast at Mangrove Mike's.  Omelette, pancakes, hash browns, bacon, fruit, cappuccino, oh my!

Went on a bumpy, but refreshing boat ride.  

And a sleepy Logan fell asleep in my arms.

Then took a dip in the ocean at our homeowner's park.

Mia made me an 8 Days a Week book and gave me a cd of the song.

Logan drew a picture of "Mommy and Logan".  He also dictated a recipe to his PreK teacher and they made a recipe book.  Yes, jelly beans and hot dogs!  And no, we do not eat jelly beans and hot dogs in this house.  Logie was being a jokester- silly boy!

This mommy had one nice day!

Rainforest

Mia learned about the rainforest in school.  As a culminating event, they had a rainforest extravaganza on Friday.  Students played games, completed arts and crafts, created a rainforest museum, had a pig roast, and interacted with live rainforest animals (including a sloth, lemur, and a 10 foot snake!).

Mia was a native girl selling her goods in the rainforest museum.

She also completed a large research project on the blue morpho butterfly.  Overall, Mia had a lot of fun learning about the importance of a very special place in our world.

Kindergarten Round-Up

Daddy took Logan to Kindergarten round-up at my school this past week.  He got to play a game, listen to a story, have a snack, and ride the big yellow school bus!  I cannot believe my little boy is going to be at my school this fall.  We love his preschool and will miss it dearly, but it sure will be wonderful to have him a few classrooms down the hall.  What a big boy!

Lost Tooth!

Oh my goodness... our baby girl is growing up.  Another tooth lost.

And this time, it is the top front tooth.  She lost it on Tuesday afternoon at school after twisting it with her tongue all day long!

Simply adorable.

Cinco De Mayo...

was celebrated at a friend's house with yummy Mexican food and drink.  Ole!

Ady Mae Update

I haven't been able to post about Ady Mae recently because it has been too painful.  We did terminate her adoption a couple of weeks ago and it was one of the most difficult things I have done.
However, today there is good news about Ady Mae... we heard from our agency that they were able to keep her file and have matched her with another family who will be bringing her home soon.  We are so thankful to hear this news and wish her and her new family a lifetime of health and happiness.
Love you Ady Mae.