Hello
Everyone,
Sorry to be
a little late on doing my one year home letter, but mommy wanted me to wait
until I went to see Dr. Marcus and his team at Duke before writing to you.
Dr. Marcus
said I am doing great! He said I have come a long way since my last visit with
him. He said I have had awesome speech therapist’s that have taught me
well. I still talk some through my nose
but he is proud of what I can do in such a short amount of time. He told mommy
and daddy not to be worried about anything yet because I had learned to talk
with a new mouth and language for nine months and I was doing outstanding. I’m
not sure what the word “remarkable” is but that’s what he called me. Mommy and Daddy agreed so it must have meant
something good. I go back in December for them to recheck my ears to be sure my
tubes are still ok.
I have done
a lot in my year home. Some of my favorite things are swimming, riding a horse
and I LOVE this day you call Christmas
and birthday!! People gave me toys that were all mine!! We also had a lot of good food. The BEST thing
I got to do was go to Florida! No, I did not meet Mickey Mouse. I met my
grandparents!! (my daddy’s parents) Oh boy do I love them!! Papa rode me on his
tractor and we got to haul rock and spread it. Grammy rode me on her golf cart!
I loved her golf cart so much that I had to have one on my birthday cake. She
made me a big chicken they kept calling a turkey. Boy was it good! I ask
everyday if we can go see them again. They tell me it takes a long time to
drive to Florida but I hope I get to go see them again soon. We had snow too! I
love throwing snowballs at everyone. Mommy told me we hardly ever get snow here
in SC. She said that the snow loved me so much, it had to follow me from China.
I know this must be true because my sissy didn’t know how to get the sled to go
down the driveway. I could tell she hasn’t played in the snow much. I also have
some dislikes! I do not like shots or that big white thing that mommy calls the
Easter Bunny! Although, I did enjoy the candy he brought me. I went to the
circus and I even got to ride an elephant! It was a lot of fun.
I have a lot
of new sayings now too. (Most are from Daddy and Sissy) “I’ll be right back
y’all”, “wait one minute”, “DUH”, “Yeah” and “Shut your mouth”. However, I did
learn this weekend that I can’t say that one to mommy! Only daddy can! I am
working on my “ok”. Everyone hears it as “yo hey” but when I slow down and try
hard I can say O K!
I also
graduated K-3 last week. I love my school and teachers. I received the
“Smarties Award” at my end of the year school program. Ms. Betsy told everyone
that I got the award because I am a smart boy. I will help my friends with
cutting and writing their numbers when she is busy with someone else. I love to
help my friends. I am so happy they will be letting us go to school during the
summer too. We are going to have a lot of fun!
Well, I
better get back to playing. I want to see if Daddy & Mommy will let me
watch Paw Patrol for a little while. I hope you all have a great summer.
Remember, if you go outside and get hot all you have to do is sit in the fridge
and it will help cool you off.
Love to you
all,
