Jordy

Today when Jordan sat on my lap I sniffed his hair and told him he smelled like the swimming pool (after all he had been swimming). He in turn sniffed my arm and said,"You smell like family." Awwwww. This little guy brings so much joy to our lives. He was 3 when we adopted him. At the orphanage he was a little stand-off-ish at first. The mama in me just wanted to pick him up and cuddle him, but he wasn't too interested in that at first. I remember praying and asking the Lord for Jordan to grow to let me cuddle and love on him. That prayer has been answered! He even wants to marry me one day! Jordan is an inspiration to all of us. We adopted him knowing he had severe scoliosis which would require long term treatment. His spine was cork screw shaped and would only continue to twist if something wasn't done. We tried casting, the Lakeland Revival, and a chiropractor in Pennsylvania, but finally realized that surgery was the only option. We have an excellent spinal surgeon who specializes in scoliosis right in our backyard. So, trusting God and Dr. Carl, we took a step of faith and in April 2009 Jordan had titanium growing rods placed in his back. The surgery was a success and now every 4-6 months we return to the hospital to have his rods extended. So far so good. He is growing tall and straight. This is a long term project, but Jordan is a trooper. He is so brave. And he's such a people person, during each hospital stay he likes to spend his time at the nurse's station! I can't believe he'll be 7 in August. He's just a little peanut still. Jordan can't wait to bring Slava home, and when we travel to Ukraine this fall we will bring Jordan with us. He would not do well away from Mommy & Daddy for that long and we feel it would be good for Slava to have a buddy right from the start. Oh my, time to get the kids in bed! Bye for now and thanks for taking the time to read this. And by the way, I love to read comments, so make sure you leave one now and then.