More Growing

Weilong grew another half inch in July! He is getting so tall, but remains painfully thin. He eats well though. I think he is just growing tall and that makes him look thinner. He weighs between 44 and 45 now, back up to his weight before surgery.

I'm going to have to get him new clothes before school starts. Everything is too short. He's very excited about this. And his feet and hands have grown too. He looked at his hands the other day and said they do not look like his hands. They are longer and thin and the veins show.

The PT said I must be more diligent with his stretching exercises. His bones are growing faster than his tendons and muscles and that makes for problems. He is painfully stiff sometimes until we stretch him out. He's so sweet about it, but he says it is painful when the PT does it. I am much more gentle with him, afraid I'll break something. He urges me to push harder so I try. I would not make a good PT, too afraid of causing someone pain.

It has turned off terribly hot here in the Dallas/Ft Worth area. Over 100 for days on end. At times like this I wish I lived at the North Pole! But I keep thinking about how nice it will be this winter and that brings things into the proper prospective.

Two of my nieces have given birth to baby boys in the last six weeks, so that means mom has three new great grandsons. She is thrilled. I am longing to visit her and see the new babies. Maybe soon.

School starts on 8/25. How does summer pass so quickly? My boys are wondering the same thing.

I plan to take a lot of pictures later after the girls fix their hair. They are all growing so fast that I feel an urgent need to get pictures before they change yet again. Hopefully I'll get time to post some to my blog. I haven't seen Hannah for about a week and I miss her terribly.