The Fanning Four

We're headed home from UAB Children's. Our appt was at 8am and we had stayed with friends in Montgomery so we had an early drive up which was nice because there wasn't much traffic and we were done with our appointments by 11. When you go to "cleft clinic" you see the whole cleft team, so here's the run down: 1. Audiology: Hearing is fine. One tube is in place and working. The other tube came out a long time ago (which we knew). No worries here! 2. Genetics- our biggest surprise. Caleb already had a basic genetics test to identify syndromes and they didn't find anything. This time the geneticist said that because of the combo of cleft, severe speech delay, and some slightly unique facial features (one example: flat section on the side of his ears) he thinks Caleb probably does have an associated syndrome. He just doesn't know what syndrome it is. So in a year they will do more extensive testing to see what they can find. It doesn't affect anyt...

If we sat down on the couch to chat, there's many things I could tell you about life right now and how Caleb's doing and how Bethany's doing. For now though, I'll have to let the pictures speak. Caleb is learning more and more sign language. In this picture he is signing "Dad" because he wants me to spell it so he can write it with sidewalk chalk.  Bethany was having some trouble hearing so she was going to get tubes but we cancelled it because her hearing is much better. She was disappointed (for various reasons) so we had a pretend surgery. This is her drinking the "happy juice" kids take before the procedure.  Caleb hasn't been much of a pretend play kind of guy in general, but he loves playing doctor. Makes a lot of sense for a kid who has spent way too much time on the other end of this scenario. Go Dr. Caleb!!! This picture just defines Caleb- he is a bundle of pure energy. He is a comedian and he is loud!