It seems like this adoption journey has been a “hurry up and
wait” journey. The Embassy in Manila has
our paperwork and we are waiting for the kids to get their medical checkup and
interview so that their visas will be issued.
And so we wait.
BUT we had the biggest surprise and blessing yet. We received a video of our sweet Micaela and
Cayden! Oh how I wish I could show all
of you this package of love, but I can’t. L Instead, I’ll describe the beautifulness of
these 3 minutes!
The video starts with Cayden staring into the camera. You know how kids like to get right up to a
video camera? Holy Cow!! My son has the biggest brown eyes. I just melted when I saw him. Then he says, “Mommy. Daddy.” The camera pans to Micaela and as she
is swinging she says, “Hi Mom and Daddy.
How are you?” Yep. Dying now.
Before I go any farther you need to know that videos are not
the usual standard procedure when it comes to adopting. Cayden’s medical records had some conflicting
information and so our doctors thought it would be a good idea to see him walking. Because he has been diagnosed with Metabolic
Myopathy, while not life threatening, anything related to his muscles can be
affected. When he was very little he
couldn’t hold his head up for more than 10-15 minutes and he was slow to roll
over and walk. Part of his records said
that he was running and walking with flat shoes and bare feet, however the most
recent doctor’s report in January said that he was using a walker. Just a tiny bit confusing!
So back to the video.
Cayden clearly loves to dance, and the boy has moves. He danced around for quite some time while
holding onto a bottle of bubbles. Funny
that Abbi found the biggest bubble blower at Target months ago and wanted to
buy it for the kids. I told her to
wait. Guess we may be taking a trip to
Target soon! Cayden also likes to play
basketball. He has pretty good dribbling
skills for a two year old. At one point
he looks at the full size basketball hoop and then it’s as if he says, “Naw…too
big!” So he finds a puddle to dribble
in. Ha!
Boys!!
Let’s see, what else….Micaela is an extra in this video but
I can tell she is a protective big sister.
Twice in the video she is hugging Cayden from the back. Because we’ve seen so many pictures and
videos of Micaela we have a pretty good idea what her personality is like and it
was clear she was a little embarrassed by the attention they were getting. One of the sweetest parts of the video is
when Micaela and Cayden are swinging side by side and sing a song together. Their little Cebuano voices are so
sweet.
Oh people! These two
are precious!
Just last week we received an updated report on Cayden’s
therapies. Cayden had been having physical
therapy and occupational therapy. He now
is at appropriate age milestones so they have discontinued PT. However, it was noted that he has low mouth
muscle tone and is now receiving speech therapy. I am so blessed to have my children in an orphanage
that gives good care. To my eye it does
look like Cayden will need some more physical therapy. He appears to have some limb weaknesses and
his foot turns out when he walks at times.
Clearly the Aunties are used to his imbalance because at one point they
have their hands ready to catch him, should he fall. Seeing these issues gave me a little feeling
of panic. Not like we didn’t know this,
our son will need some medical help.
But like everything, we have put our trust in God and believe he chose
Cayden to be our son. And so we will
cross that bridge when we get there. In
the mean time we will continue to pray for healing to his body.
And wait. Did I
mention we are waiting?!
Candie
