Google Chrome

Hello everybody. Well I finally bit the bullet and downloaded google chrome. I have used internet explorer ever since I started using the internet in 1995, but I couldn't update my blog with ie9 so I switched. I hope to have some updates on here soon including pictures.

Brian

Long time no post

Hello everybody. I know I haven't been keeping this blog up to date, however,  I want to give you a quick update on Josiah. We started casting his legs a few weeks ago for his club feet and things are going very well. He is scheduled for surgery on 4/5/12. Josiah's left hip is out of the socket and will require him to be in a cast from his chest down for 2-3 months. Also at this surgery, the doctors will be cutting Josiah's achilles tendon to turn his feet in the right direction. His tendon is way too tight for the doctors to correct this with castings. He will have to stay overnight at the hospital, which is kind of scary, but to see him walk will truly be a miracle. The little boy who can't walk or use his arms, abandoned somewhere in Hunan China, now with a family in Ameria on the brink of walking for the first time. Only the Lord is cabable of orchestrating such miracles. Josiah's English is prgressing nicely, he spends every school day doing 100 math problems and learning how to read. Please pray for both Josiah's surgery and for a speedy recovery. Josiah's case is unique in that he can't use his arms, so with his feet out of commission he can't do anything for himself. But he is still Josiah, and he is happy as can be.

Brian

Josiah's sledding adventures

Sorry again that I haven't been posting very much, but as you can expect we are pretty busy. This last weekend I took Josiah for his first sledding experience, that I know of. He laughed pretty much the whole time. If you don't know, we have a big hill in front of our house that goes down around the back of the house. It takes about 5 minutes to walk up the hill and 30 seconds to come down...needless to say I was tired after a while.

Josiah's first Christmas Cookie frosting...Funny

I know we haven't been doing a good job of keeping up the blog lately, but here is a little treat...make sure you watch all the way to the end. You will need to mute the songs at the bottom of the screen first.

Brian

More Pictures @ Home

Here are some more pictures of Josiah at home. Rememeber, he has 2 older sisters, I'm sure his face will be painted with more than this before it is all said and done. I have asked Paris to paint his face as she is a very good artist and the last time she painted her face as a cat, it was perfect.

Some Pictures of Josiah at Home

I am really sorry if you are looking for more posts from us, since getting home I have had zero time to update things. I hope to have some time this weekend to update things but I can't assure you of that. I do want to say again, thank you to everyone who prayed, donated, and gave us advice. I realized today that I actually miss being in China. Being at harmony house was amazing and I would love to go back to China on a vacation. I know, probably not the #1 hotspot, but I liked the culture and the people very much. I don't know if the pictures will show up at the top or bottom, but here, or there, they are.

We are home!

I realized a few days ago that I never updated the blog to inform everyone that we are home. We didn't have any issues, save 1, coming home from Hong Kong. Josiah's name was backwards on his ticket and the guy behind the ticket counter said "we have a problem". However, his supervisor looked at hime like he was crazy and printed our tickets. When we got home, Josiah went all over the house looking around and checking it out. We had people over Thurday, Friday, and Saturday, which in hindsight was probably too much considering that I also spoke at church on Saturday night and Sunday 2 services. However, everything seems to be going well. Josiah has been fitting right in with us. I have been sick pretty much since Friday morning and I am still sick. I will be going back to work tomorrow morning, which will be hard, but I don't have any time off. Josiah and I took about a 6 hour nap today 1-7:30, and he is still sleeping. Since I am sick...I am hoping to be able to get back to sleep. It is crazy how we are all tired at different times. We can just be sitting there and the next thing you know....out. Well I would love to write more, and I will, but I need to get some dinner and figure out how I am going to sleep again.

Brian