A Great Weekend for all the Hites

All five members of the Hite family had a wonderful weekend.

Logan got to go to Huntsville for his cousin Evan's 5th birthday party. He was so excited to be able to go and had the best time. On Sunday afternoon Logan went with my sister to her house in Enterprise. He will be staying there until Tuesday afternoon. He was so excited he could not wait to get in the car and go with her.

Nathan is improving. His swelling is going down tremendously. Yesterday around noon he was taken off his jet ventilator. He will be seeing the orthopedic surgeon about his hand today. He will also be getting some test in the future to look at his intestines and decide if and when he needs surgery.

Owen started feeds yesterday at 3:00 p.m. He gets 1cc of food every 3 hours placed in his feeding tube. He is looking good and still very feisty.

Preston and I are so encouraged and excited to see the progress our boys are making. We were able to watch Owen's first feeding yesterday afternoon. It is so nice to see Nathan feeling so much better. The short time Logan was with us this weekend we enjoyed playing cars together. We received a package from our friends in China. Inside was 75 handmade cards from Preston's students. We spent some time looking through all the cards. We felt overwhelmed by encouragement and love. We are eagerly anticipating the time when we will be able to return. We were also able to attend Dawson's choir and orchestra Christmas concert last night. The music was beautiful and very uplifting.

Logan, Preston and I were also able to spend some fun time with my cousin Jenni and her two girls, Olivia and Elena who came down from Michigan for a visit. Logan really enjoyed playing with them on Thursday and Friday. Thursday afternoon we went to the Rec Center and Olivia and Logan had the best time running around, playing basketball and doing some arcade driving. On Friday my Mom took them to Pump It Up. All three children love to jump and have lots of energy so it was the perfect spot for them to play.