Tomorrow is February 23. It's killing us inside because it will be our little girl's very first birthday and she's not here with us to celebrate. One thing that's making it somewhat bearable is that we received a huge surprise from our agency today: new pictures and an update from China!
We were informed that baby girl now weighs about 20 pounds, has seven teeth, and is walking. They say she likes to play with toys and with the other children, but that she isn't much of a talker yet (we're sure that will change after living in this household for about 10 minutes). The report says that "everyone there thinks she's a smart little baby."
Our other kiddos obviously enjoyed looking at baby's new pictures earlier today, as evidenced by their slobber, handprints, & sticky globs all over this laptop screen. We're proud to share these new pictures with all of you.
God, please let our paperwork make it through the system faster than we could ever imagine. We want to bring this little one home! Happy Birthday to our wonderful little daughter!
Oh, and since we've already been asked: No, we don't know what's up with the vest. :-)