Ava is growing!

Ava was born 7/31/2007, weighing 7 pounds something, I don't have the exact weight here, it's at home. She is now 11.5 pounds and growing. We have noticed some changes in the short time she has been with us. She now has pretty good control of her head. She likes to suck on her thumb or fingers, but sometimes can't quite get them in her mouth. In the last day, she has started lifting her legs straight up when she is laying on her back. In the orphanage, they go to sleep with a bottle propped up, so we're trying to break her of this habit. She's adjusting well. She's a happy baby and smiles a lot. She can't wait to get home and meet her big brothers.

This morning after breakfast, we made our daily trip to the store for bottled water, then stopped at the business center to check email/blog. We try to get out sometime during the day, but don't want to go to far just in case we get the call we're waiting for. When we're not out shopping or sightseeing, we're bonding with Ava.

There are more and more adoptive families getting their visa approvals and going home. There aren't too many of us left. I'm getting more and more nervous again. This morning at breakfast we talked to another family who still doesn't have approval, and they are about 3 days ahead of us. So I don't know what that means for us. We continue to pray for good news soon. We talk to the boys daily, which helps, but it's not the same as being home. I miss them terribly.