Maddie recently had a visit with the Orthodontist at Texas Children's Hospital. We wanted to ensure the Orthodontist had an opportunity to evaluate Maddie's potential issues with future orthodontic care. This was one area that we anticipated Maddie having the biggest need for care. To our surprise, her future care in this area will be not complicated. The doctor reported that she has all of her bottom and top teeth that she should have. She does have a slight overbite that should be easily correctable. The few top teeth that are near her cleft have an angulation problem (they are angled incorrectly). The doctor suspects that her permanent teeth will come in relatively straight and without issue. All great news!!! The best news was that her palate is wide enough for her mouth and will not require any sort of device to stretch the palate!!!!

After our visit at Texas Children's we were off to our last Family Summer Vacation - maybe one of our last as a family of 5 or at least our last with Christopher for a few years.

We stayed at a Lake Resort in Lake Conroe and definitely had some great family time together. Some of the highlights from this trip were:

- playing pictionary with the kids (many good laughs came from playing this game)

- Tubing on Lake Conroe (Christopher coached me several times not to hold on to the tube - which subsequently resulted in me being thrown from the tube into the water)

- Water Sliding with Lizzy, Lilly and Maddie (We had lots of pool time and fun in the sun)

Christopher is leaving for Camp Champions for 3 weeks tomorrow morning and Lizzy is leaving with her friend to vacation at a dude ranch for 1 week. Maddie will certainly miss them when they are gone - I know I will.

Maddie has been working on sleeping in her own room and has made some progress. I hope to have her sleeping in her room full time before school starts in the fall. Please be praying for us as we make this big transition.