we match!

LOOK WE MATCH !!! CAN'T EVEN TELL HE'S ADOPTED CAN YOU?

Gotcha day 3 months ago

Vahnya's gotcha day was 3 months ago. look at him now you would have never known he was once an orphan and only 3 months ago.

Vahnya dancing and singing to Mercy me

In size 18 mo baseball jammies. He looks so small,and feels so sweet.

Baby pictures of Vahnya.

Here are some baby pictures of Vahnya we are so lucky the director of his baby home  gave them to us when we went for our last trip, the day before gotcha day. He was such a sweet baby, just look at him.

***Vahnya went potty in the toilet last night for the 1st time! I thought that it was worth a blog post.***

The Joy of Vahnya! The Joy of adoption!

   Vahnya hasn't been wanting to go to sleep at night so the last two nights I have gone in and held his hand and sat next to his crib. All he wants is to know that I'm there. He just looks at me as he falls asleep.

 Last night I did this and as he was looking at me looking into my eyes, I wonder what he was thinking.I was thinking first how blessed am I to get to be the mommy of such a sweet boy, look how cute he is, oh he must have been such a cute sweet infant, I wish I could have had him in my arms when he was first born. My thoughts went to his birth mother, what she must have felt to have to leave that hospital with out her baby in her arms go home and spend every day with out him. I wonder how often she thinks about him, My thoughts went to all the children just like Vahnya, just as sweet, just as cute, just as much of a joy and just as worthy that sit in cribs all day with no mommy to hold their hand while they fall asleep, and it made me sad.

a child like Andrey http://reecesrainbow.org/andrey-s-14

Achild like Ivan region 8

or a child likeVioletta http://reecesrainbow.org/violetta902    
 

If everyone in the world could just know the love and joy that an orphaned child can bring into your your life I truly think there would be no orphans. This feeling that Vahnya gives is better then any drug you could ever take. Yes it is a process to get to this point but it just makes it all the more wonderful to know how hard you worked for it to happen. If Mike and I and our family could do it anyone can. We didn't have money to do this, we didn't know what we were doing, we learned as we went, we were blessed as we went. To think that if we would have at any point given up because we didn't think we could do it just breaks my heart. I can't even think of what our lives would be like with out THE JOY OF VAHNYA. To think about all the people who gave up before they even started because it looked too hard or it cost too much or they didn't think they had what it takes to do it, breaks my heart. So if you are feeling that tug on your heart on your sprit, that whisper in your ear, that feeling that you want to adopt then JUST DO IT! you will be blessed beyond anything you could ever dream up yourself!
Here are a few children that need you maybe one is yours take time to look into their sweet faces and let the Lord speak to your heart.If you don't see your child here go to Reeces rainbowReeces Rainbow and just start looking at all the pictures if your child is there you will find them.
http://reecesrainbow.org/kevin-15h      

Hailey http://reecesrainbow.org/hailey-china



http://reecesrainbow.org/rachel-9ha

http://reecesrainbow.org/chloe-15h

                          Nicholas region 9


http://reecesrainbow.org/artem-t-azbv-14

Sophia region 26

Golden region 26

Alex region 26

Elizabeth region 26

Catherine region 23





Ariana region 23

http://reecesrainbow.org/alana-23

http://reecesrainbow.org/russell-2

http://reecesrainbow.org/nico-14g

http://reecesrainbow.org/lizzy-15h

http://reecesrainbow.org/annie14g

http://reecesrainbow.org/lorelei

http://reecesrainbow.org/patrick-15h

http://reecesrainbow.org/ralph-15h         
                                                                                                                      http://reecesrainbow.org/kyle-14g

A million dollar smile

A million dollar smile!

Vahnya's heart

  We spent our morning at Doernbecher children's hospital. Vahnya first had an echocardiogram this took 30 min and he had to lay on the table while the Dr. took ultra sound pictures of his heart. He did great, we had to tell him he was ok a few times but he was such a good boy. It did help that they had a tv and played the movie Bolt for him. He loves dogs and action so he loved it.

After that we were off to see the cardiologist he said that Vahnya does have VSD or in more technical terms ventricular septal defect or in terms we can all understand a hole in his heart between the chambers.He said it was so small that he can't even hear it as a murmur when he listens to his heart beat. He said it is closing on its own no surgery needed yipppiiiieeee!

Next was a ECG or electrocardiogram or for all of us A test that records the changes in the electrical activity of the heart on graph paper.This test they had to put these sticky tabs all over his chest and legs and clamp on wires hooked to a machine that read the electrical activity of his heart . He did fine with this he thought it tickled when she put the sticky tabs on him and laughed. Daddy had to hold his hand so he wouldn't pull the wires off.
After the Doctor read the results of this test he said that there was one part that he was not sure about and wanted Vahnya to do a 24 hour ECG. This is where they put new sticky tabs on him and attached new wires that have a battery pack and Vahnya has to wear it for 24 hours to assess for arrhythmia.
So they attached this to him we got it all tucked into his shirt and overalls and he hasn't messed with it since we have been home.
It is naptime now so I wonder how he will do with it once he is alone in his crib trying to fall asleep guess we will find out lol.



Here are a couple pictures of the ECG being done.

Here are a couple of him with his 24 hour one at home.He had to have a clothing change due to getting his lunch all over his outfit and a wet diaper. He pulled at the wires some but not bad .He's in his crib now hope I don't go in and find him all unplugged lol