Our day...

This is how we ended our day, washing clothes in our washer known as the big tub. (or I should say this is how Mike ended his day, thank you honey!)

We went out today in search of a cup for little "D". When we visited with him on Monday we had brought a sippie cup and worked with him for over an hour. He was trying so hard...we had filled a sippie cup with juice (apple since he is allergic to citrus, they say) after a hours time only 1/4 of the juice was gone and I would guess about 80% of that he did not actually get..most came out his nose. He has to do all his drinking sitting straight up or else it goes right through his cleft palate and into his nasal cavity. He was so so thirsty and he does not understand how to bite down on the nipple and suck at the same time...actually he cannot suck but did plenty of bitting down trying to get anything he could out of that cup. We got him a new cup, hope it works for him tomorrow. I said all that to say we also got him his first pair of new shoes today...size 6. That is what he wears at the facility and they seem to fit good with enough room to still grow in. Children's clothes here are very expensive..I am thankful I purchased things for him back in the states. The only thing we needed were shoes.