The boys have been home now for eight months. So much have changed in such a short time in their little lives. Anderson is now 3 years old and is so happy. He jumps around the house constantly and is learning English very well. Alec has had a lot of changes. He now has a cochlear implant and he is learning to listen, speak, and use signed exact English to communicate with others. He is doing extremely well with that. For example, he read to the principal the other day at school all by himself. So impressive for a child who had zero language just eight months ago!!!
The children all love each other very much. Adelaide and Anderson walk around constantly holding hands. They sing to with one another and are great play mates. Ayden and Alec were instant twins. They do everything together including play soccer together. They played this last fall on a soccer team together with dad as their coach. They would pass to each other and worked with one another to lead the team to victory. Alec did extremely well considering this was his first time to play an formal sport.
Our journey with the boys is not over. We are in the process now of formally requesting change of birth date for Alec. China had to make their best guess on his age and he has such a unique story. I am sure China does a good job determining ages but Alec's situation was just so different. Our doctors and dentists have evaluated him and determined him to be 6 years old. We have changed his birth date successfully in Alabama, but now we are waiting to hear back from our federal government. Please pray for him and that the government does the right thing for him.
We are so blessed and are surrounded by so much love. We want to thank everyone for the continued love that is shown to us and support. It is uplifting to know so many people care for us and pray for our little family.
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