Abundant Blessings -Part 2

Doctick Slava

For Valentine's Day we gave Slava a doctor kit. He's always using pens and various items pretending to give us shots. The kit was the perfect gift for him! For some reason instead of saying "doctor" he says "doctick" so now that's the word we use too! His English is amazing considering the fact that he's only been home 3 months. Some new words are "because" "over there" (which sounds like oh-ber-dare) and "pizza" which he loves. He's talking in sentences now too and can carry on a conversation. Just the other day he saw Andrii outside playing with the neighbor boy. He came to me and said, "Mama, Slava outside play Andrii Ezra!" How could I say no to that? Outside he went!

Jordan's new cast (not put on by Doctick Slava)!

A couple weeks ago Jordan had a new cast put on. The fiberglass cast acts as a turtle shell protecting the rods in Jordan's spine. Since Jordy is a rough and tumble busy boy the cast gives us some peace when he's playing. This cast will be on for 6 months until his next surgery.

Jordan Horsing Around

Back in October Anna started bi-weekly horse back riding lessons. We put the lessons on hold upon returning from Ukraine with Slava, but today we resumed them. I brought Jordan & Slava with me, and Anna's instructor offered them a ride at the end of her lesson. Both boys were thrilled with this opportunity!

Slava Horsing Around

Anna the Equestrian

Like most girls her age Anna loves horses. Her instructor says she's a natural in the saddle and thought she'd already had lessons before!

Our days are filled with abundant blessings from our Lord. Each day Slava settles in more and learns more, and each day life seems to be getting back to normal...whatever that is! Everyone's back to good health even though a few days ago I thought Jordan might have pneumonia. I took him to urgent care on Sunday, but they didn't think it was pneumonia. A few nights of running the vaporizer in his room seems to have helped tremendously. God is so good!