Edson and Josh

These two little boys never fail to make me laugh and always bring a smile to my face.
 Edson, 2 years old, was born with clubbed feet and had a successful surgical repair.  He continues to live at the house to receive weekly rehab and therapy.  I love hearing the little stomping of his feet as he runs toward me.  He absolutely loves being tickled and hates when your attention is on any of the other babies.  Edson has this little, old-man look to him that is so cute it makes you want to cry.  When he smiles at you (which he refuses to do on camera) you can see his two tiny bottom teeth and it will make your heart melt.

Josh, 3 years old, was born with facial palsy and clubbed feet.  He has a limited ability to move his body, but is able to control his trunk and arms.  He was born without control of his facial muscles as well so when he looks at you with his droopy face, it looks like he is peering deeply into your soul.  Since he cannot move his eyes around, he turns his entire head toward you the slowest manner that makes him appear as if he is mad at you.  His inability to move his eyes Josh is also one of the strongest 3-year-olds that I have EVER met.  He is able to thrash around on the ground and make it halfway across the patio in the time it takes me to notice that he’s gone.  He loves emptying out the toy bin and kicking/pushing around the empty box.

Almost every day, I bring Edson and Josh down for play time and baby time.  I love it when they see me and get so excited that I am going to bring them downstairs to play.  They are such sweet boys.