We are Home!

 Here's Simeon before surgery

 6:30 in the morning, happy as can be!

 My super little boy, didn't even cry once before surgery!

 He did so good!

The surgeon was really happy with the results!

Simeon started eating around 5pm last night and 

ate about every hour or so after that, 

so

the doctor let us go home this morning!!

(shortest hospital stay for me ever!)

 Here is his nose and lip before surgery

(and cute little fuzzy red hair)

 Here he is right after surgery

his nostrils are closer together, as you can see in the green shirt picture,

his nose was quite wide and kind of flattened in the middle, 

now it's cute and little

I loved the way he looked before, but also  love his new nose!

HIs lip was also thinned and brought down, and now there is more of 

the part where you can put your tongue between your teeth and top lip

allowing it to move and hopefully push that front part down and into place

so in 6 mos he can have the palate surgery.

 He's doing super, 

he cannot crawl now, as he might bump his face and we have to really watch his arms 

so he doesn't bump his face, 

so this jumper helps him get out of our arms!! 

(he's talking right here)

He caught what the other kiddos have and is moving through our house,

a terrible sore throat and cough,

so, it seems he is in the most pain when he coughs, 

it hurts both his mouth and his throat, 

which is irritated from the cold and the breathing tubes they used during surgery

Poor baby, it's one of those "seal" sounding coughs, and 

every time he falls asleep, he starts coughing and crying

It's going to be a hard week ahead

We had the blessing of a wonderful surgeon,

an anethesiologist that had 6 kids of his own, one with a cleft palate, 

a nurse that comes from a family of 14 kids

(we election talked)
A good friend (Susie) who came over very early in the morning
to be with our sick kids all day,

and 

I finally got to meet Chris!

We know like 4 mutual people and they all told me to meet her!

She is the mother of 7 kiddos, (plus one in heaven)

and 4 of those kiddos are cleft kids!

Her words of advice have helped more than she will ever know!

Thank you for all your prayers, they mean the world to us, 

and we are forever grateful!

I'll post more pictures throughout the week, as the swelling goes down!