Busy Month!

Just wanted to make a short note that we have a surgery date for Daniyar! He will have surgery on January 11th at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. He will have some cavities repaired, ear tubes and his cleft lip repaired. When the plastic surgeon gets an exam under anesthesia, he will decide if he will repair the palate also. We know recovery will be more painful if both are done but one episode of anesthesia/recovery would be great. We were told to expect 3-4 surgeries until he is 18 years old at least, if all goes well. Wish us luck and send up some prayers!

He is doing great. His new words in the past day were Ironman (Collin's toy), oatmeal (his second favorite food besides fruit snacks), wow!, and pig (in his picture book). He gets new ones every day. Collin has been singing Christmas tunes especially "you better watch out, you better not cry!" a lot and Daniyar sings (babble style) at the top of his lungs with him. Collin asked what pout means from that song and is still convinced it is another word for poot so he puts fart and poot in a lot. Gotta love 4-5 yr old boys!

I'll try to get another photo cd made or get the laptop to a wifi spot tomorrow for overdue fall and Halloween pics.

Grammy and Pa meet Daniyar this weekend and we celebrate Daniyar's 4th birthday Wednesday! We have a lot to be thankful for. Jacqueline

Almaty Pics

Here are some pics from our days in Almaty. Gulnara was an excellent tour guide, taking us to the zoo, the cathedral, to feed the birds and 2 amusement parks. We had a blast!

Finally Alone!

It has been hard to find time to blog much. The boys are trying to work out their relationship and how to share time with Mom. They both want me to hold them all of the time so as you can imagine, not much time at the computer. They did great going trick or treat last night with April, Matt and Jordan and then came home and played without arguing for at least 20 minutes-Yeah! Things are starting to fall into place but we are all a little tired. Dad took them both to McDonald's playland so I could get a little done. I was sick and ended up at the ER for a while on Thursday, dehydrated and feverish but better now. It was officially not H1N1 flu but something similar. Much better today but behind on housework and laundry. I am finally going to put some pics up. I'll start with some here in the US but add some from Almaty too. Thanks for everyone's support. If anyone wants to come over and see the boys, give us a call! Daniyar is very social and doesn't seem to mind company at all.