No fear here!

Micah loves the pool. This picture was made one day earlier in the summer. He has no fear. The first couple of times we took him to the pool he was a little unsure, but then he decided there was nothing to fear! The arm "swimmies" that you see in this picture bit the dust a long time ago. We had to go to a "body suit" with floatation devices built in. It zips up the back so that he can't get out of it on his on. (Yeah, the little brave one thinks he can swim so he started taking his swimmies off - in the deep end!) I don't think that I have ever known a child that wanted to swim so badly! We have made progress. He does know now to close his mouth and not to swallow so much pool water. At the beginning of summer we would come home from the pool and his belly would be distended from swallowing so much water!
We are so thankful that Micah is brave - surgery is only a little over 2 weeks away!

Micah the Brave

Micah is one of the bravest little fellows I have ever met. It doesn't seem that he is afraid of anything! For a parent that is a blessing and a curse! We have to stay on our toes all of the time to make sure that he doesn't do something to hurt himself or someone else. It will really be a blessing as we begin the process of having his palate repaired. Micah was born with a bilateral cleft lip and a cleft palate. His lip was repaired in China and on September 7 he is having surgery to have his palate repaired. I'll post more details later. We are anxious to have his palate repaired so that he will have the ability to speak and be understood! He has so much inside of him that he wants to say! We can't wait to hear it all!