She has spoken!!!! Febuary 25, 2010

Our Sneha said the most precious words today for the first time ever MAMA. The ear surgery worked!!! We are so thankful that her lack of speech was partially due to not hearing. I was not hopeful that she would ever speak and I was proven wrong and not to expect any thing short of a miracle that God was working in her. She is progressing so much this month that I am stunned! Highlights of the month:

1. spoken words without prompting
2. starting to run(she had a hard time walking steadily in November from lack of practice)
3. playing with toys(children from orphanages do not know how to play)
4. letting us rub her head
5. sitting on our laps relaxed
6. letting go of control to let us be the parents in charge
7.squealing in delight to get on the bus every morning

Graedy finally has braces and he needed them so bad!!!His eye teeth are coming out way up on his gum and the top midline is very shifted. The bad news it that we kept going round and round to find out about ortho insurance with our dental, well we do not have it. Luckily the Orthodontist will work with us and let us make payments. A very expensive treatment, but it will be well worth it. He looks like a teenager now, and I just want to know where time went!

The brothers!!!

Graedy dressed for wacky day at school.

We finally did find out what the smoke smell was a couple of weeks ago---the furnace blower motor. The ancient furnace needed a blower motor and a new thermostat, but at least the house is much warmer now. So far a very expensive house repair for the last 3 months.:( This old house isn't use to a family of 6 yet. I am just so glad that the motor didn't catch the house on fire.