Let me introduce you to our son and daughter. It still sounds so weird coming off my tongue
to say son. The daughter we got
down. But did I mention we have a son?!
Ladies first:
Micaela will be 5 years old in May, 5 days before my 47th
birthday. Our hope and prayer is to have
her by then but it will take a miracle. (Hey,
a mom can ask!) She looks like she is
going to be so much fun!! Her reports
say that she is very smart, can reason well, likes to be in charge, gets along
with everyone and she can also give you the silent treatment when she doesn’t
want to do what is asked of her. (Oh
boy!)
We have found so many pictures of her on the internet. The orphanage they are in has a huge presence
on social media and Micaela happens to be so photogenic (insert: cute) that we
feel like we know her already. She
reminds me of a miniature Abbi.
Then there’s our son C.J. as they call him. He turned two in March. This little guy is a fighter and for that
reason we want to give him the name Cayden.
He has been sick every month of his life. He entered the orphanage at 6 weeks with
double pneumonia. Since then he has had
at least one round of antibiotics every month.
He also has some digestive issues and asthma. (He’s a GAPS kid!) He also has been delayed developmentally due
to Metabolic Myopathy. However we had
his medical files reviewed by the doctors and they are not certain he has this
disease. Their opinion is that we get
him home and see how he’s doing, because while we have a lot of information on
his health, it’s not very detailed so the doctors couldn’t confirm his
diagnosis. While we are totally prepared
to handle this issue if he ends up having it, we have believed that once he’s
home things will work themselves out. As
I like to say, “He needs a family, love and good food.”
We don’t have many pictures of C.J. and about the only thing
we know of his personality is that because he’s been in isolation with his
Aunties often, he likes to be held and he doesn’t like waking up to an empty
room. Faith thinks she has a cuddle bug
coming home just for her!
It’s still hard to believe that we have two more children
who will be Shipmans! The other day at
church I looked at a couple of our friends, one has a 2 year old boy and the
other a daughter the same age as Micaela and it dawned on me: Chubs and CC are
coming home with us…and they are never leaving!!! It was sort of the same feeling I had when we
brought Faith home from the hospital. If
I looked too far into the future I’d end up panicked. I remember seeing 8 year olds and thinking, “Oh
my goodness, what will I do with that age?!”
And I realized that it’s much, much better to live one day at a time.
Micaela and C.J. we can’t wait to hug you and love you and
see you grow!
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