From Orphan to Superheroes!!!!

 

It started with his cousin's love of all things Batman, Captain America, Hulk, & Ironman...
Then Gymboree released a special "hero" line of clothes and a trio of superheroes was born!!!

 

Meet "Lightning"

"Shocker"

 

 

and "Flash"

 

 



A hard working superhero trio ready to take on the world!!

 

Yep, their cousin Little Donald, has made his mark!  I love my cute superheroes!!  We are missing their cousin already! :)

From Orphan to Superhero- that's the story in the Wilks house.  It's a great story...

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Fannie, Matt, Shocker, & Lightning

Oh tooth fairy!!!

I think as parents we all are excited to see our kiddos lose that first tooth!! They're usually 5 or 6 or 7 and they wiggle that little tooth for weeks and then finally get the courage to yank it out! They get that first big toothless smile and we take the requisite photo to show friends and family then watch them anxiously put their tooth under the pillow as they question whether they could stay awake long enough to see her, the tooth fairy that they've heard all about!.. These are the firsts of childhood.  Rights of passage.  We cherish each one because they just grow up way too fast!!

Well, unfortunately for our sweet boy, this is not his story... He had a sick tooth, a molar, that has had two infections in six weeks.  I had really hoped that a miracle would occur when they X-rayed it and it would be saved.

 

Unfortunately, that was NOT the case... Two infections in a month meant that there wasn't enough time to do stronger antibiotics, it was time to lose the tooth...

So he lost his first tooth- a baby molar!! It's kind of a freaky looking tooth to put under the pillow for the tooth fairy huh???

NOT the picture I had in my head of losing a first tooth, but that's adoption for ya!!!  Luckily for Chengbin, the tooth fairy was happy to give him some money for that tooth anyway. She left it behind & Kate thinks it'd be a great thing for a dentist to use to teach kids about sugar bugs! :)

Yep, another first!!  Finally blogged about a few months late. ;)

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Fannie, Matt, Kate, & Chengbin 

Success!

Surgery went well. Surgeon was really surprised he hadn't been hurting because he has definitely had it for a while... He showed me pictures of tissue that had grown around a portion of his intestine that had to be removed... Our little guy is gonna be sore!! 

We're super greatful that we listened to God's call and brought home Chengbin!! I can't imagine him going through this on his own in China.  He was soooo angry and in pain when he came out that I didn't even get a pic like last surgery. This time I have one pic. After we got him dressed, he had kicked his legs & fussed so much that he tuckered out!!

Heading home for a week of quality time w mommy & daddy.  I'm so glad the Coast Guard was understanding of our situation & let me come home from school early! We are blessed!!

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Fannie, Matt, Kate, & Chengbin 

Surgery day!

Well, time for our second surgery in 6 mos of Chengbin coming home. He is having an inguinal hernia repair.  This one was a surprise, but I do think he had it, (just a smaller version) when we got him.

So our sweet boy is headed back for his surgery... 

Please say a prayer for him. :)

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Fannie, Matt, Kate, & Chengbin