MAJOR Praise and News on Panda Boy

Hi all :)

First let me start off by apologizing that it has been awhile since I posted and that this post does not have pictures. I will try and get some good ones over the weekend to share later. My camera battery died so I did not have it with me durin the past couple days.

Now on the the Major Praise. We took Panda Boy into see a new pediatrician! She happens to be of asian decent, is much closer to our home, and takes our insurance so it was such a blessing of God! She really was wonderful with Noah too! Anyway, we talked with her about alot of the testing and things for mental retardation and chromosome studies and such that has been recommended we do on Noah because they said he has inherited mental retardation of unknown origion. Well, she asked about how things were goin since we brought him home. We shared everything about Noah and how much he has just blossomed in the past few weeks! She asks if he communicates and I said well to a certain extent. Still no talking BUT he is babbling WAY more than he was and some are repeated phrases all of which she says is VERY good. She asked if he reached for us when he wanted us and we said yes and that he knew how to give me five now, and give a kiss (when he will , he is gettin stingy now! lol), and that just that day he FINALLY will wave bye bye now! :) Anyway, we talked and talked and she examined him and she said " I DO NOT BELIEVE THIS CHILD IS RETARDED AT ALL!" She truly believes that he is developmentally delayed but that with intervention and all we are doin she believes it is just that delays. She does not see the need to run any of the tests at all. Now, I need to check with our agency for purposes of post study and make sure if there is anything they require us to do in that area but unless it is required the Pediatrician does not want to do anything at this point other than us keep workin with him, and tryin to get him in early steps and all. She did recommend we continue to sign with him and to SIGN EVERYTHING! I have got to get some signin for babies videos QUICK! I know some signs but need to know more! She said he looked really good. She was impressed that he is OBVIOUSLY learning with me workin with him at home and such and also his ability to eat has gotten so good too :) Just about anything we eat as long as I make it small enough he eats! :) I am so praying she is right about this. We are thrilled for Noah if she is but we accept him no matter what. The worrier in me wants her to check it all out now just in case, but she is the doctor so I guess I should trust her for now and unless he shows what she called Signs of retardation not do alot of testing. All I want is for my little man to have the best life he can have and be the best Noah he can be no matter what diagnosis he may or may not have. She fully believes he will speak and I am really thinkin he might because of the increased babbling and such. I still need to find out if the birthparents could speak to give that information to early steps and the doctor though she says even if they didnt he still might.

Noah has just lit up my life in ways I would never have imagined. I just look at this child and I have to SMILE! No matter what I am feeling! :) He is so adorable! Even when he is begin challinging! heehee He has taken to STRIPPING the last few days! My mother in law says he is goin to be a stripper when he grows up. I rebuked that statement over him! But he is really into pulling the snaps between his legs and then pulling the whole outfit off and then comes the diaper! LOL Praise God he has only been trying this at home! I spend so much time sayin No , we must keep our clothes on! lol This morning he popped open the legs of his romper and I was like oh well. BAD IDEA ON MY PART! I shoudl have resnapped them right then because next thing I know he toddles up to me with daiper in HAND! lol and not on hiney! He is so quick! Prayerfuly he does not try this at Church tomorow!

I have a sweet blessing coming up! Something I did NOT think I would get to have since I was never pregnant in the non paper sence of the word! Be watching over the next week or so for news on this! :)

Well, my sweet panda boy is sleepin IN THE CRIB beside me. I rocked him and he was out so I tried layin him in there. We will see how long this lasts. Yesterday he woke up after a little bit and I picked him up and laid down in my bed with him and he went right back to sleep. Pray for my neck and shoulder because he sleeps so much better if I am flat on my back and he is in the crook of my arm! I hate to not let him do that since he rests so well that way and I know he probably never before slept being held. I can't imagine our sweet nanny friends at SLC had time to hold babies for too long at a time. I just hold him and stare into his face and watch him sleep :)

Well, I am off to check emails. I will try and post pictures in the next day or so.

WE send you blessings and kisses in the wind!

TONS of pics and news to share :)

Hi all :)

Well, we have had a busy week here in Noah's World! :) heehee Noah has decided he LOVES Elmo when Sesame Street is on and will run to tv to listen when he is singin la la la la Elmo's world! heehee Noah love music period! So so sweet :) And so fittin since his mama adores it as does most of the family :) Celeste is adoring havin a little brother :) and spending so much time with him and all of us I think! :) Here is a fun moment with her and I in the car :) Noah is the car seat behind and I am sure wonding what we are up too :)

She is goin for the serious look :)

Bobby's brother "Uncle Wesley" and his wife "Aunt Michelle" and their children "COUSINS" heehee came by for a visit on Saturday :) Here are a few pics from that :)

Uncle Wesley and Aunt Michelle sure do love Noah! :) Noah has decided Uncle Wesley is the bomb! He will run to him now! :) and he will stroke the beard! heehee


Aunt Michelle gets a turn with squirly Noah! He looks HUGE in this photo but he really isn't!

Noah has decided he can give out hugs! When HE wants too! heehee Here he is lovin on cousin Gavin!

Noah is watchin cousins Gavin and Logan get into the toy box and had to take off to join the fun!

Here is Noah playin with cousin Logan! :) they had fun with this froggie :)

The baby that would barely walk when we first got him and when he did fell so much is now runnin around my livin room! :) heehee so cute! He does fall still some but jumps back up MOST of the time :) sometimes he needs a hug and kiss before he goes on :) LOOK AT THAT FACE!!! :)

Speaking of that face! Here it is again :) The picture may be a bit wobbly but I just love it! :) You can see the first of the 3 teeth he is teething in now about 3/4 way in now :)


Here are the mischevious Duo! :) heehee. They have SOOOO much fun together! :) Noah loves his Jei Jei and as you can see She sure loves him too! :) Such a sweet relationship they have :)

Noah is just growin by leaps and bounds in so many areas. He understands so much english it amazes me! He is babblin ALOT now and he figures things out VERY quickly! One thing he has definitly figure out now that bobby has gone to work is that Bobby's Uniforms mean he is LEAVING! This is what he does now if Bobby comes out in his uniform for EITHER JOB!

Arms up in air and turns to me like I am suppose to make Baba (Daddy) stay here! It is amazing because Bobby's main job uniform for the State Police has a blue top and the one for Mall security is a white top. Noah has figured out if he wears either that he is leavin and will cry like this. so sad :( Maybe it is the badge since he wears one with each I am not sure but boy does he know its coming! Every time now Bobby has to kiss goodbye an unhappy boy! But he is learing Baba daddy always comes back evenutally. It has been so sweet here lately. I wish I had the camera in our room because Bobby is workin nights so he will leave just before supper and come in at about 6 am while Noah and I are USUALLY asleep for another round. When he wakes up the next time and Bobby is there he will crawl over and kiss on him and pat his head and grin big!! :) so sweet :)

When we picked Noah up at St. Lucy's Center (who we are FOREVER grateful too for taken care of our sweet little panda boy till he came home! ) we were given 2 little jamma type outfits from his birth mother and her family! They are the sweetest, softest jammas and I just ADORE THEM! I really want to find a way to buy him some more of these :) Maybe I can buy them online somehow! Anyway, they thought at SLC they would be too small so I really hadn't tried them on him and was going to put them up to save so he will always know that his birth mother and birth family sent them to him. Which I still plan to keep them but as I was lookin at them I thought I think I can get these on him so I tried! :) They were a tad short in the arms so you couldn't cover the hand but they didnt fit too bad :) I got some sweet pictures of him in them and hope to get some copies printed and put in an album of pics to send his birthmom and family for Christmas along with a gift of some kind though I have no clue what just yet. Here are some of the pictures I took :)

Is that not the cutest jammas! :) I LOVE THEM :)

I just love this one of him diggin in the toybox :)

Here is a close up to the little design on them. There are 2 outfits, one blue and one green both with these pipi panda on them! SO fitting for Panda Boy! ;) heehee :) I so want to find some more of these jammas!

We are belly laughin here! mama is soo funny!

I was tryin to get him clappin but he was always hands out by the time the camera did it! uggh but so cute :)

You can't see the jammas too good here but I just love this one of us lookin at each other :) he is such a snuggly lovey dovey baby! :)

You can't see all of him but THAT FACE! :)

Here is Noah with his Nannie! My mom! :) She is so funny. She keeps goin "I can't believe he is here!" I keep goin "I KNOW!!" heehee

So on to some news that is a major praise to share! :) We went to the Pediatric eye specialist yesterday that subspecializes in crossed eyes! AMAZING News. Noah's eyes and vision are getting stronger and stronger and he thinks they will straighten on their own and at least for now NO SURGERY! THANK YOU JESUS! mama did NOT want surgery! We go back in 6 months to reevalute but unless they are worse he does not expect us to have to do anthing! :) Here are some pics for our trip to the eye doctor :)

This is so cute, it is blurry and for some WEIRD reason it insists on loading here sideways.! I deleted and reuploaded it 4 times and it always does it sideways! but on my computer it is not sideways. VERY odd. So turn your head and look at my baby! :) He had so much fun toddlin round the office! :)

Here is Noah and a very sleep deprived Baba! He worked all night the night before but got up after about an hour of sleep to go with us to doctors! Such a good Daddy! :) We must have been a sight with us both so zombiefied from no sleep! :) heehee

Now Mr. Noah is gettin tired waitin on the doctor and was NONE to happy with the 3rd time to dilate those beautiful dark eyes! So we are havin a bottle and waitin on doctor!

So late yesterday afternoon Mama's friend Cassie and her 7 month old Caleb came for a playdate and then we went out to sonic together :) Check out these adorable shots!

Noah introduces Caleb to the SHELF! :) heehee He just loves that shelf and is convinced it is made for HIM! :) heehee

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out we come! :)

We have decided that Mrs. Cassie is a bouncy house! lol :) They had so much fun!

baby's galore! :)

Today as we pulled in the yard coming home from some errands we see the mail truck pullin out the other end of the yard! THAT is ALWAYS good news! It usually means a package! :) much better than bills! :) It was a package was a gifty from our sweet friend TIFF (who brought Miss Gracyn home a week before we brought Noah home) and her son Peyton. We were so excited!

I love that is was addressed to Noah! I showed him and he was excited cuz he LOVES paper! lol

I think he picked up on our excitement to get something GOOD in the mail! :)

He has spotted the SHOES! This boy loves shoes! IF you slip them off at our house, which most folks do it seems, he will take off with them! heehee

YIPEE! I GOT SHOES! :) He liked these bright blue ones the best and carried them around on and off for the longest time! :) He carried the black pair some but definitly favored these! heehee

watchin mama check out the rest of the package :) heehee

Now we are readin our card! :)

Well, if you have read this far THANKS! So much to share in pics especially. I am still feelin yucky on and off but at least was able to work on this post on and off all day today.

WE send you blessings and kisses in the wind!

My God shall PROVIDE ALL My Needs!

God is so faithful to ALWAYS provide for our needs and I am increasingly amazed at the ways in which He chooses to do that for us! I asked y'all to pray for us a potty recently! Well, God provided us with a FREE Potty and Free Installation. Our Friend from Church Joey is workin right now doin repos on mobile homes and is always getting items givin to him from such homes. So it was suggested we ask about the possibility of a potty! Well, Joey got us a new potty! New to us anyway! Joey also knew how to put the potty in so he brought it to us and installed it! THANK YOU JESUS!!! We had to change out the seat from our old potty because the seat on the potty he got was no good. So Bobby starts out on it and is havin trouble and so I get down there and try and help and then my brother in law Wesley comes and he is helping. It became a comedy of errors night and we were all laughing like crazy. Celeste is holding Noah so he can see me and watch this process the entire time and SHOOTING PICS! heehee At one point we began that how many Sisemore's does it take to change a potty seat! lol as evidenced by the below picture!







Here is Uncle Wesley takin a break to play with his newest nephew and namesake! The WES in WesLee is after him! :)

Noah is so intrigued by Uncle Wesley. Celeste did not get it on film but he would just look at Wes's beard and almost touch it and then pull back! dont know if he has seen a bearded man till now! heehee


Here is Jei Jei (Celeste) playin with Noah! He is eatin it up ! Check out the 40+ year old jammas! They were my brothers, then mine, then Jei Jei's and now NOAH's! The bottoms snap on to the top! :) I love em :) They make Noah look so much longer than he is!


Here is Mr. Noah today playin in the shelf he thinks is built for him! :) He is so stinkin cute! :)

Noah had his 2nd eval today for the Early Steps program and it went VERY well! It was very evident how much he has blossomed since the last eval shortly after coming home! Things he could not do then he excelled at today! :) They were VERY sweet and VERY complimentary of me to the point she asked me IF I was a therapist. When I told her nope, just a mom, she told me how I was what Noah needed someone to stay home with him and work with him and all! She said all I had been doing was VERY good and keep it up. Even said I SHOULD BECOME A THERAPIST! She said the little bit of signing I was doing with Noah was VERY good and to do it more and more. Sign everything she said. I need a signing for babies book or something! I know some things but not enough. She said since he is very in to takin things in and out and openin and closing things to really use those signs and keep up with chew and more and such like I have been! The best news is that the last time he had the eval they said his developmental age was 9 months. Today she said not counting speech she would say about 13 months! That is a huge jump in just a few weeks! Especially since he has not even begun early intervention. They will have a meeting and do some grading of everything and let me know if he gets into the program. She and the first lady both said they think the program would really help him but they can't just put him in cuz they want to, they have to grade this stuff and go by the thing or whatever to make the decision. he may have improved too much for the program. She said even if he does not make it in the program to still find a speech therapist at the very least! She seemed to think he will someday talk. Of course it is fine either way but boy do I want to hear him say mama so badly! She asked me if his parents were able to speak and it occured to me that I had NEVER thought to even ask that! I do have video of the birth mother with Noah and she never says a word , she is rockin him and such and strokin his back but doesnt say a word. I need to see if I can find out if she and the birth father and grandmother and all that are challenged were able to speak. They sais I really need to know that. It is so odd to me all the things I should have asked and at the time I just could think of NOTHING to ask :( The pediatrician wants to know family history of any diseases, cancers etc and of course I have no idea. What was I thinkin when I had the opportunity to ask the social workers questions??

I am praying about putting together a small scrapbook as a gift to the birth mother for Christmas. Just a way for them to kinda see Noah in his new home and all and see how he is doin and such! I want to get something for her to go along with it. Any ideas from any BTDT adoptive mamas??


Well, I better scoot and get done on here and try and sleep before Noah wakes up. He wakes up on and off ALL night long. I worry that we still have such problems at night after he has been with us a month now. He cries out and thrashes in his sleep so much. Bobby wonders if he has always done this.

WE send you blessings and kisses in the wind!

Noah is published! and other Panda Boy news!

Well, I can barely believe it but yesterday was ONE MONTH exactly since Noah WesLee Sisemore was placed in my arms for the VERY FIRST TIME! He is FOREVER my baby boy! :) Even when he is 50 he will still be MY BABY BOY! :) It is so hard to believe it has been an entire month, but at the same time it just feels like he has ALWAYS been with us. He has been in our hearts so much longer than that! Yesterday we spent the afternoon and evening at Church. We have a little group at our Church called Lagniappe. Yesterday was our first Wednesday to go. It was a beautiful fallish day and we were outside the whole afternoon! Then we all eat supper at Church together and then we have our Wednesday Night services! :) What a special way to spend our month anniversary! Several folks had not seen Noah yet so it was very fun for them to meet him for the first time! :) There are a few more Lagniappe families that were out that will meet Noah next week. :) Last night was also the first night that Noah and Mama went in the Toddler Class at Church after Praise and Worship! It was not really planned but Panda Boy was cranky and disrupting the class I was in so I took him in there and stayed with him and he did so well! It is so fun to watch him and he actually got down and played at my feet and even ventured just a tad away from me a few times :) so sweet :) When we got home from Church Noah was sound asleep and when I took him out of the car he stayed asleep! NEVER happened before! :) So I come in and my mother is awake! Which was odd! She is all excited and is like guess what, guess what! Well turns out Aunt Dorothy and Aunt Liz (My mother's sister and her daughter :) have been VERY busy bees! :) My mother gets her hometown newspaper still and so they had a surprise for all of us in the latest edition! Noah has been published! Check it out!!!! :)

They did this a TOTAL surprise :) We were so thrilled and excited :) To keep it a surprise they went from memory and did not ask any questions so my mother in law's name in actually Alice so the blogger world knows :) and yes Noah's Middle name is WesLee not Wesley for those who may be now questioning yourself! Leave it to me to do everything funky so noone knows how to spell it :) But he is named after so many folks I needed the spelling to fit all them :) Aunt Dorothy is suppose to send me a copy as well to keep! :) My mom is framing hers and I just might do the same! I wish I could get it bigger and I would frame it and hang it next to my Grandaddy Bell's Picture in my living room which is goin to be hung not far from my BEAUTIFUL shelf that my Uncle Harold made and gave me :) I did fine seeing the announcment and was very excited! Even to the point I kinda hooped and woke up poor Noah! But anyway I was all happy and excited until I got the the part about my late grandparents and then I just bawled!!! They woudl have SOOO loved Panda Boy! Though My grandfather would have told me to get a girl so she would never have to go to war! He was always worried about the boys havin to go to war. I think he had some very traumatic experiences in his war days :(

Anyway, below are some pictures of Noah and Mama's first time playing in the toddler room! :)

Noah LOVES Elmo! We have actually seen this phone and played with it in the package at both WalMart and Big lots! He was so excited to play with the Churchs and actually have it out of package! :)

One of Noah's little playmates at Church Sara Jane taught him to cook! :) He just LOVED this play pot and spoon and played at my feet with it for the LONGEST time! I am shocked by his attention span for a 17 month old!

Here is Noah and that is Miss Sara Jane in Mrs. Cassie's lap

I thought he looked so adorable in his overhalls and his little shoes I took this full body shot! You can't really see it but his shoes have trains on the side of them :) so adorable

It is so funny to me because we have Noah 17 months, Sara Jane 20 months, and Alana 23 months old and Caleb 7 months old. All these little ones :) Noah really seemed comforable with all the girls! Just like at SLC where he had all these girl friends! He better watch it when Caleb gets big enough to give him a run for his money! heehee

At Lagniape he was enthralled with my friend Sarah's daughter RUBY! Miss Ruby is 3 and Noah woudl go up and take her hand and hold it and want to walk with her :) Not sure he knows what to think of little children just a few years older than him. I am not sure he has ever seen anything but babies and adult ladies before!

I wish I had gotten some pictures of our outside time because he so loved it but I was not thinkin pics at that point, just was watchin him and enjoyin the wonderful weather and fellowship for friends and showin off my baby boy!

Well, Panda Boy and the rest of us send you blessings and Kisses in the Wind!

{ I have to tell y'all how I just tear up ever time I say that now! I just love the fact that after so long of sending NOAH kisses in the wind across the globe now he is here to kiss and snuggle in person and now we send them out to all of you friends and family out there! :)}

First Haircut and lets play TAG!

Hi all ;)


Well, Panda Boy had his first haircut yesterday! He did great and first and then started crying. We figured out later WHY he started cryin but thought he just got scared :( I was so mad when I figured it out! the lady nicked his neck with the clippers :( I cried when I realized he had been in hurt and we were tellin him ITS OK! :( uggh Its ok for the lady to hurt you . stupid parents! We know better next time, I had wanted to hold him in my lap to begin with and the lady was like lets try him in booster seat! oh well, its done, and I have cried because he looks so much older :( But he is still my baby! Here are some shots from before durin and after :)


Noah is VERY curious about the camera :)



He always seems to smile so good when Baba holds him and I have the camera! But not when I hold him and have the camera. Then he wants to grab it! heehee


Here is a good shot of the side of his hair before. Notice the WATER Bottle! I am so happy to FINALLY get him to drink some water. He still boycots juice but at least he will drink water if I let him carry the bottle around! :) But if I hold him it BEST have milk in it or he will throw it at me!





So here we go with haircut shots!


























I believe this must have been when she got him, I was flashin pics and we got this face and then the cryin began :(


























This is straight out of the chair! Mama's arms make it all better!





Here he is when she came to talk to him and play with him, he is like I dont know bout you lady! you hurt!








Here is a picture of the neck where it is cut. Can you see it? it is kinda of scrape cut. hard to describe but made mama mad mad!








Here we are at Chick Fila! Our first time to go and eat there. We chose them because they have a TODDLER play place :) you must be under 3 to play in there!








He is so curious! Tryin to figure out how to pull of the little stick on placemat!











Here is the back of his head with new haircut! He looks so grown!



Playin in play place! He is curious of the other kids!



ohhh what does this do! :)





It was such a sweet time playin together :) We couldnt stay long cuz Baba had to get to work shortly thereafter and had to get home and shower and change but it was still fun :)





Now that you have had your Noah fix! heehee On to a game of tag!






My dear friend TIFF tagged me!





so here are my seven random facts...

1. I had an opportunity to train for the olympics in gymnastics but was NOT allowed to.

2. MY FAVORITE tv show is Jon and Kate plus 8 on TLC! :) I love watching them with their twins and sextuplets! :)

3. I am 12 years younger than my husband!

4. I had TEN chaperones on our first date at the age of 36!

5. I was a single mother to Celeste for almost 17 years

6. I am a mississippi girl! though livin in Louisiana now.

7. I am not a very interesting person and it was VERY hard to come up with 7 things!

ok now to chose 7 folks. PLEASE noone get mad! heeehee its all in fun and at the very least comment back to me so I can learn 7 things about you :)

1. Tina over at Learning2be Tina is an old friend I met while homeschooling Celeste years ago who has recently come back into my life!

2. Sarah who is adopting Josiah! her 2nd taiwan baby :)

3. Holli whose blog is private! Holli just might be my future in law! heehee She is the mother of Noah's friend Breelyn Chia-Ling from SLC. They were known as ALWAYS Together when Noah was still there! Please pray for them. They are awaiting word of FIRST DECREE!

4. Mel Who is waiting for her sweet baby! She is my germany freind :)

5. Melissa who I met at the wonderful Down Syndrome Ministry Receeses Rainbow!

6. Ramona my sweet Tiawan friend! :) She is Jaden's Mom! She went above and beyond to find me when a friend of hers had accidental pics of Noah! :) back in the days of waiting! I so love that I can take his picture now WHENVER I want :) and I can just sit and stare at him and watch him :)

7. Tisra who is adopting from Taiwan. I do not know her well but read her blog whenever I can :)

There are so many I could tag. God has so blessed me in the blogger world especially with Taiwan adoption friends, Receeses Rainbow adoption friends and on and on it goes :) It is always so hard to pick who to use :) Tryin to do different folks this time. But I love you ALL!

WE send you blessings and KISSES in the wind!