Saturday, 18 August 2012

My sweet boy is out of hospital!


My sweet baby boy was discharged on Wednesday from hospital.
He had back his million dollar smile - I could just eat him up!

Please pray with me that he finds the family God has planned. . .


I thought I'd share some more wonderful faces with you.
Faces of children waiting and dreaming for a special family just for them. . .
Not the "perfect" family. Just a family who will love them for who they are.
Who will tuck them in at night;
Cuddle them when they have a bad dream;
Kiss them better when they fall;
Praise them for a piece of artwork made with love;
just someone who will be there for them - no matter what!

This beautiful little boy is called  Macaulay. 
He is just newly listed on Reeces Rainbow and is from Eastern Europe.
He is 4 years old, and I am just in love with his little darling face.
 
He does have a sibling, their status is unknown
Boy, born May 2008
Blue Eyes
Hair light brown
The nature of the restless
Diagnosis: Hydrocehalus, head size normal. He had surgery on his feet in 2008 and will possibly need another surgery as well as physical and occupational therapy to begin to walk. He can’t get this help in his orphanage and needs a family to come adopt him!
This little guy is 4 years old and is doing very well in the orphanage!  He is described as very calm and has a good sense of humor. His little laugh is said to be very contagious. He is described as overall very happy. He plays with other children in the orphanage and is willing to share his toys. His speech is well developed he is able to use all parts of speech (noun, verb, adjective ect.) and speak in simple and complex sentences. He is able to answer questions about fairy tales and stories that are read to him. He also knows some of the words to his favorite books. He also knows the words to some songs.
He is able to play by himself for long periods of time. He plays imaginary games as well as playing with his toys. He knows his colors, shapes and sizes (i.e. big, small). He is right handed and can hold a pencil and a paint brush. He also likes to play with play-dough.
He can not walk independently but he moves with an adult or a walker. He can crawl, he can stand alone at the table and in his crib. He can climb up and down the stairs without the help of adults.

He can be adopted by: 
  • Married Couples and single women may adopt
  • Relatively flexible regarding upper age limits of adoptive parents
  • Large families may be able to adopt on a case by case basis







William - born June 2005 - Klinefelter's Syndrome






 

 






 

Gage -  born 2010 - CP                                                  Simeon - born Oct 2007 - CP


Yasmin - born June, 2004 - CP & Hydrocephalus

All these dear little children are waiting, waiting, just waiting. . .
you can find more information about them at:
http://reecesrainbow.org/
Put their name into the search box, and find out more about these amazing little angels.



I've found my three treasures - have you found yours?


Saturday, 11 August 2012

Please keep my little boy in your prayers

My other little heart boy (not Musa), is in the hospital again. 
He's been having a lot of infections (UTI's), and the hope is that by removing his non-functioning kidney the infections will stop .
He's quite uncomfortable and feeling quite sorry for himself - my poor baby.
Yesterday they decided he had also developed a chest infection, and so he's now on oxygen. . .
He is stable, but just feeling crummy.
Please keep this dear one in your prayers.




Bye for now. . .hopefully we'll have happy pics soon!

Wednesday, 8 August 2012

It snowed - in AFRICA!!!


Yesterday we had what for many people here, was a once in a lifetime experience - it SNOWED in Johannesburg!
For Mario and Nomusa it was the first time they had seen snow. For Pamela and Musa it was also their first experience! Sihle has seen true winter snow, but she was only 2 at the time, so this snowfall made quite an impact on her as well. 
My three apparently had a wonderful time running and dancing through the snow at their creche, while the students at my school went absolutely, and completely crazy (as did most of the teachers). Everyone was running and twirling, looking up at the falling flakes with complete and utter joy and amazement. 

An event which for the most part goes pretty well ignored in Canada (except for maybe the first snow of the season), was met here with such enthusiasm I couldn't help laughing as I watched them. The kids were talking a mile a minute, "do you like the snow", "look it sticks to my hair", "is this sleet or snow?", " it feels cold!", the questions and exclamations didn't stop.
Three times over the course of the day, snowflakes - quite large ones, swirled down. Each time teaching screeched to a halt as everyone tore outside to act like mad people :) The snow melted for the most part as soon as it touched ground, so there wasn't enough for snow balls etc, but the joy these kids found in running through the falling flakes was a delight to watch.


I didn't have a camera with me yesterday, but Keshia managed to capture these pictures of the snow as she was driving. . .


In contrast to our current weather, I thought I'd post a few pictures from our last couple of days in Prince George.
We spent a delightful afternoon with family friends, and they had an amazing pool! It was almost 30 degrees outside, and the water felt Divine :)

 My girls sunbathing - they were all tired out after about 2 hours of swimming!
 Special Gramma time with Musa
 My Pamela fish popping up behind them. . .she spent most of her time under the water. . .
Such an amazing afternoon!

The day after we arrived back here in South Africa it was Pamela's 6th birthday!!!!
My baby is 6!!! How is this possible???
While in Canada Gramma had a big birthday for Sihle and Pamela, so we just had a small family birthday for Pamela once we arrived back here.

 Make a wish - and. . .blow

 All out, well done Pammy!

Poor Musa was so tired out by the trip that he had already crashed for the night by the time we had cake and presents for Pammy. So it was the four of us pictured above, Mario and Nomusa, plus Lucy and Hannah who happened to be here visiting from England. It was so special for Pamela to have them all here to help celebrate her special day :)

 Opening a few special presents. . .
 A "P" for Princess Pamela. . .
 She was thrilled as Sihle had a "S" from her birthday last month!
 A piggy bank 
Hand painted with lots of love by Kelly (thank you Kelly!)
 Sticker book fun!
Cutting the first slice of cake
Thanks Hannah for helping (and thanks Lucy for taking these pictures!)

Still need to post more picture from our time in Canada - ohhh, I need more hours in the day :)
Until next time. . .