Life More Like Normal

Now that we are 3 weeks post surgery, life feels a little more normal. We are able to let Moses move more freely which makes life easier and happier for everyone.  It's so hard to keep an active little guy like Moses off his leg. It is healing very nicely and we are excited for the next steps of the journey. He will be fitted by the prosthetist at the end of the month.
I wanted to thank everyone for the prayers and support. It was such a blessing to have our parents out helping and for all of you who brought meals and checked in on us....thank you....thank you.....thank you!!!!

Not all of the time was Moses smiling during the time with his cast on, but we are continually amazed at how he can see the joy in things. He loves people and his smile is contagious! 

This is the day the cast came off. We tried to bribe him with new Wiggles dolls while they were taking off the cast. It didn't work! His orthopedic doctor even tried singing a Wiggles song. He was much happier when we got home!

A happy boy who can move now!

Hannah is enjoying the dessert from a meal brought over.(Thanks Mesa!)

With all the craziness of the last several weeks, we found some time to take the other kiddos out to the movies. Hannah and I enjoyed seeing Frozen for the second time. It was much needed time out for all of us!

Surgery update and Chinese New Year

Moses is a little trooper. It was a hard day on Monday and Tuesday but thank God, we are doing much better now. The surgery went well and because he pulled off his splint twice Monday night, we were back on Tuesday getting a hip spica cast put on. He'll have his cast on until Thursday and from there will do some follow up visits with the doctors. We hope to be getting a prosthetic fitting by the end of March. We will keep you posted:)

                           Celebrating Chinese New Year 2014(day before surgery)

Prayers for Surgery, Father Daughter Dance and Birthday Girl

Moses will have surgery on his leg on Monday, February 10th at our Children's hospital.. This surgery will prepare his leg for a prosthetic. We would appreciate your prayers for this!

Jason and Hannah had a great time dancing the night away at the Leap of Faith Father Daughter Dance!

Our sweet Abbey is a teenager! Happy Birthday Abbey!

Baby Moe Moe

What a gift to find out that we have baby pictures of Moses! In our care package that we sent to China for Moses, there was a USB drive for pictures to be put on. Because everything still had tags on them when they were given back in China, we thought it had been unused. It was still in the plastic. Last week my sister called to say they tried their USB drive and there were pictures on it. I was praying that I hadn't just tossed mine because I was frustrated. So glad I didn't! Here they are....

Love the mohawk! He's about 10 months old in this picture.

                                                   

Happy New Year!

Here are pictures from Christmas Eve and Christmas morning. We had such a special first Christmas with Moses. It is so fun watching him experience all these "first" things. Noah made our Christmas meal as his final Home Ec project and it was delicious! What great timing for this with all our family changes!
We wish you all a very Happy New Year! May God bless you!

Merry Christmas 2013

From our family to yours....praying that you have a very special time celebrating the birth of our Savior. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! 
Much Love, Jason, Julie, Noah, Abbey, Hannah & Moses
                   Christmas party pictures....

Love this time of year!

                                      Moses's first time seeing Wildlights at the zoo.

 A special celebration for Moses, Christian and Johanna...what a wonderful time with friends!

                                     Jude(our nephew) is home from China!!!

     Moses loves everything about Christmas. It is so fun watching him enjoy the season.

 This is Hannah on Christmas tree finding day. It was so warm she didn't need a winter coat!

Here's our gift this year!

A Snow Day

A snow day off school gave me some time to download some pictures from my camera:) Here's some highlights from the week....

                                                                   Thanksgiving Day

The Christmas lights parade

                                               Black Friday Shopping...Do we look tired???

We got a "Charlie Browner" this year...looks much better with lights and decorations

                                                                   Christmas Cuteness

Happy Thanksgiving 2013

We have so much to be thankful for! Praying that you can enjoy some special time with family and friends, remembering all the blessings that have been given. We put up a Thankful Tree every year and it is great to have all those things written down and displayed. Here's some picture from our week. Happy Thanksgiving!