Hands entry for i heart faces

this week at i heart faces the theme is hands

hands are pretty important in our family... Natalie was born without a thumb on her left hand, as well as a short arm, a fused elbow and even a pinky finger that didn't work independently. When we adopted her we had no idea anything could be done to correct her hand. But then we met Dr. Kozin at Shriner's Hospital in Philadelphia. He performed the surgery on her hand last October 26 to create a thumb by moving her index finger.

The results have been amazing and she has become the poster child for thumb pollicization :)  In the last 10 months she had virtually complete function with her new thumb and we just have a few more weeks of occupational therapy to work on some strength. 

I took this photo just three days after her cast came off and she really noticed her new thumb for the first time.

Dr. Kozin has this hanging in his office

friendship

Friendship is the theme this week at I heart faces. I captured this photo a couple of weeks ago when we had a reunion with a family we traveled to China with on our second adoption journey. The four kids had an absolute blast and it was as if they had just seen each other last week, not last summer.The youngest two on the right spent time together in the Beijing Children's Welfare Institute and the other girls are their "jie-jies" or big sisters.

i heart faces--shadows

This week's theme at I Heart Faces is Shadows...here is my oldest and youngest walking together

Check out the rest of the cool entries this week!

Red--this weeks i heart faces challenge

The theme this week over at i heart faces is red..and I love this photo. I took this the day before Natalie had her hand surgery. She just got these new red sneakers and had to take a nap in them. The next day she got her new thumb!

(I'm maybe being daring here with this entry since her face is blurred in the background but i love this photo)

i heart faces...innocent wonder

During a fashion shoot of the girls today for my boutique and caught this shot of Natalie..

(did you count her fingers? She only has four on the left hand. She was born without a thumb but had surgery in October to give her one.)

i heart faces smile contest

i've entered one of Jaime and Cece's engagement photos over on the i heart faces contest this week

because I just love the look on their faces--so exuberent! I can't remember if Jaimie was telling a joke or something...