Harmony Reunion

Here are some pictures from the Harmony Reunion in Chicago July 19-21 2012.

Short update

 As some of you may know, Josiah had surgery to repair his club feet and to put his hip back in the socket on his left side. I would be lying if I didn't say it was a little rough on all of us, without being able to use his arms and with his feet in casts since February 22, 2012 Josiah couldn't do anything. We were his only source of entertainment. He watched a lot of TV and every week I took him down to the Mississippi River, only a mile or so from our house. On June 1st Josiah had his big hip spica cast taken off. He couldn't use his left leg at all and had very little strength in his right leg. However, day by day he has been getting stronger and stronger. He started physical therapy late June and has been able to stand up by himself for about a minute or so. We have so much to tell, but below are a few pictures of Josiah with his casts on, Rachel did the artwork.

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.