SEVEN Already!

Yes, I am only 3 weeks late in posting but my little Micah is now 7! I keep getting older and time keeps passing by so much faster. Here are some pictures on his birthday.

This last one really threw me for a loop when I looked at it on the computer. He looks so big! I can't even use the word little any more in describing him. In fact he grew so much this winter that I had to go up in pant sizes half way through the season. Things have been going really well for him this year. It was a little rough starting Kindergarten. His behavior was difficult to manage even with doing all the OT for his sensory issues. I thought he also has some auditory sensory issues because it always took me, Russ, the teachers 3 times of saying something before he would even recognize that you were talking to him. After talking with his teacher( who has been so wonderful with him) and another close friend. They suggested that it could be ADHD. I hated to go down that path but we had him anaylized and our doctor recommended medication. Natural things were not really working for him so we decided to do medication. Oh My! What a difference it made. It took awhile to find the right one to limit the side effects but he is now doing wonderful. No more behavior chart at school. He is now the student in the class that is doing the extra things to help the teacher out. No more having to go in the school to pick him up on days that there is a substitute( because he is so out of control). And he is such a pleasure to be around. Even the principle caught up with me at a school event and said how amazing the transformation is. Things are not perfect but they never are with any child but I can now see his heart in the things that he does. It is so wonderful to see the loving child that I know he is. In seeing all the heart breaking things that are going on with Russia banning American's from adopting there, I pray for those children. The precious face that you see above is the face of what could be with so many children that are still in orphanages in Russia. Lord, You are more powerful than any ruler of this world. Please Lord help those children get into homes where they can experience Your love!