New Family Update

Sorry we have not blogged in a while, I will try and catch everyone up on our activities since we have been home (if I don’t fall asleep). Andrew has adjusted so well. He has done better than we could have imagined. Our prayers have truly been answered.

We took him for his first pediatrician visit Sept 21 and he did really well. He was traumatized by five vaccination shots and a blood draw but after we left there he was immediately in a good mood and we took him out to eat. All of the blood tests came back good and the dirty diaper we left behind with the stool sample showed no intestinal bugs.

He is still eating everything and growing and getting stronger. His weight has increased 30 percent in three weeks. He was weighed at the SOS clinic in Kaz at nineteen pounds on Sept 10 and his latest weight was twenty five pounds on Sept 27th. I think most of the new weight is muscle as he has gotten so much stronger. He was only taking a few steps without assistance when we left Kaz and is now walking more than crawling. It is amazing what the extra nutrition can achieve in his little body and the extra love can do for his spirit. He laughs and gives big bear hugs and has truly just fit right into the family. It is hard to explain, but it feels like he has been in the family forever.

I am about to fall asleep so I will upload this quickly and blog more later.