Girls Just Want to Have Fun!!!!!

All of you know I am just anything but a "girly-girl"....can you imagine last night me painting fingernails and toenails and tonight rolling hair so we have curls for school in the morning. (Uuuuggghhhhh! But I do love every minute of it!)

Dragon Boat Races in Peachtree City...

 Peachtree City is near us and so we went to the Dragon Baot races and also saw some asian dances and drums. It was fun to be a part of the festivities and do something related to Shiloh's culture. We all enjoyed ourselves though it was very hot!

Carnival at Dakota's School

Surgery pics...

Shiloh got ear tubes and some dental work done today. Here are the pictures. I think she kind of looks drugged in a few but she was pretty happy about it all. Even though I am a nurse, it is still hard to send your baby to surgery. Thank God she did very well!

Shiloh's Surgery....

Today Shiloh had surgery at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Chuck, Shiloh and I left for CHOA at 6:30am, leaving Poppy to take Dakota to school for us. (Dakota was excited to have Poppy's special attention.) We got to CHOA around 7:45 am and Shiloh entertained all the staff by prancing her cute little self up and down the hallways in full open throttle! She took her pre-meds like a champ and Chuck and I laughed as the Versed kicked in and she swayed side to side and had a hard time keeping her eyes open. She was groggy by the time they came to take her back to the OR. They allowed me to go with her and she held my hand and her own face mask on until she was asleep. (No one cried at this time but Mommy...only when I returned to tell Baba all the details.) In no time, the ENT came by to say the ear tubes were in and there were no issues. Our Pastor and another church elder came by which was a nice surprise. The Dental doc came out to let us know he had capped her two front teeth, filled 5 cavities and everything else looked OK for now such as Xrays. He mentioned that a lot of what they thought were cavities, were really misformed teeth which is common for cleft kids. Maybe thirty minutes later, Shiloh was rolled back in the room and slept for probably 40 minutes. She woke up a little unsure and wanted Baba. He got her to drink apple juice and little by little she was back to her old self. Personally we would like to have some of the Versed to give her nightly for sleep, but we will stick to the benadryl....LOL! So this afternoon we are home and Shiloh seems to be doing very well. She will get Tylenol, motrin and ear drops around the clock for this first day. Chuck and I actually think she may be talking a little better on some words....not sure if this is possible being it is only the day of surgery. I have noticed she is really picking up on talking more the last two weeks but today I have noticed some words even more clear than usual. (This is what we were hoping for!) Hope to post pics later on...

Two friends heading for Hohhot....

For those of you who love following the blogs of those traveling to China, the following two blogs are both friends of mine heading to get their children...one from the SWI in Hohhot and one from the SWI in Baotou! I can hardly wait to relive it all through them again.

http://onegirlpeacefulandsafe.blogspot.com/ Emma Lael age 3

http://followourfamily.blogspot.com/ Hope age 6

Please pray for these families and the children they will soon hold in their arms.

Camping fun.....Labor day!!!

Labor day we went to our usual camping spot in North Ga. (Wildcat Creek) No running water unless you count the river and no electricity, except our camper is wired to also work off a car battery...so we have lights and the water we carry. We cook on coleman stoves or the fire, hope to avoid bears entering camp....(yes the bears visited a few days before we arrived) and yes we have a real potty and shower in the camper......life is good!!!  Dakota fished alongside Dad and Shiloh enjoyed an adventurous slide down "Sliding Rock".....I have not even been down sliding rock...it is not the rock, it is the incredibly cold mountain water...not for me! We had a great time and Shiloh did great camping. Hopefully we will go back a few more times next year.