Therapy...Definitely Takes a Family.

Therapies fill Savannah Faith's weeks.

Occupational Therapy

 

Speech Therapy

 

Pre-school Therapy 

 

Physical Therapy

 

and soon,

 

  Feeding Therapy will be added to the list.

Thankfully she LOVES her therapists.

One of her favorites is Nikki Degner at Move and Grow in Huntersville, NC.  Nikki has stuck with our family through our last four adoptions.  Not sure what we would have done without her expertise. 

Nikki knows the perfect combination to use with our girls...push, plead and just plain old demand.  And she has my FULL support.

When Savannah makes it to top of the ladder, she's sure she should be Queen of the Day!  That's before the terror of descent down the slide.

But everything is better when she gets her "prize time" in the ball pit.  What is it about brightly covered balls in a pit with possible unknown matter lurking at the bottom that so intrigues children?  The allure always baffles me.

Thankfully many of Savannah's therapy sessions take place at home.  However, Lily Rose still needs speech therapy two days a week, outside the home, along with Savannah Faith's PT and upcoming feeding therapy.


Torie

Michaela and

Phil

all help with transporting, as their schedules allow.  It truly takes the entire family to meet the demands of our girls with their multiple medical appointments and therapies.  The Lord knew exactly what He was doing when He called ALL of us to this crazy family of nine!

Back to Blogging

After a 10 month hiatus, I am back to blogging.  Seeing the little girls curled up on the floor looking at our past blog books, put a fire under me. 

 

Since bringing home Savannah Faith from China, almost a year ago, life has been a blur.

 

A blur of Dr.'s appointments, diagnoses, therapies, what ifs, lost dreams, lost insurance, medical bills...

 

Well you get the picture.

 

And yet, it has also been a season of

 

Great

 

Inexplicable

 

Joy

 

The Lord has also given me a gift of a new found love for photography!

 

I pray that this newly relocated blog will be a blessing to our seven daughters and anyone else who stops by to read.  And I pray it will be a testament to God's unfathomable, never-ending love.

 

Savannah Faith is a testament to His love.

 

Although at 3 1/2 she still only drinks from a bottle.

Has no speech.

Has the gross motor skills of a 10 month old,

and we have no idea of her future,

 

She reminds us that, in a society who places value on production, beauty and accomplishments, we are valued because we are made in the image of our Creator and because He loves us!

 

I'm seeing God's creation anew through Miss Savannah's Faith's eyes.  What a blessing