On December 5th I was giving my very last presentation in my very last class, but little did I know that of all the families in this world God was paving the way for this little boy to us~our agency called us with news of a very sweet and adorable little boy in Kaifeng City Social Welfare Institute, Henan Province...his name is Guo Wen Tao~and this day just so happened to be his 2nd birthday.
We are all so very excited and feel truly blessed. He's the cutest little bugger, and I can't wait to hold him close and shower him with love and attention.
Meet Max WenTao Smith!! I LOVE those cheeks!! We've already started putting together a package to send to him, and now that we have our pre-approval from China we can send it!
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Max had his unilateral cleft lip repaired in Shanghai, and will have his cleft palate repaired here at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Max was also born with an atrioventricular septal defect that has been repaired and his latest ultrasounds show no signal of shunting so there's good reason to believe the surgery was a success. We'll be working close with the pediatric cardiology team at The Sibley Heart Center at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta. Max has left ventricular hypertrophy and some mild tricuspid valve regurgitation.
Mark and Angela are thrilled to have a little brother! Lily is definitely ready for a sibling to play with~we've been finding ourselves saying "she needs a little brother or sister to play with" a lot more this past year. Join us as we chronicle, "Our Journey: Max Moves West"
