Journey to Katherine

Friday, we received the translation of Katherine's growth chart which described her finding place outside of the orphanage gates on September 23, 2005 by a Security Guard. There was a note with her stating her D.O.B. as September 19th. She was taken to the hospital and examined and determined to be a very healthy newborn infant. She was placed with a foster family around 1 month of age and is still with the family. She is very healthy, loves to go to the vegetable market and play with the green vegetables. She can stand and walk around holding onto furniture and can crawl and sit up just fine. She is described as a very beautiful little girl with fair skin and bright eyes, very happy and loves to play with toys and games. She watches television and laughs out loud at commercials, sucks her fingers or a towel when sleepy. We are so blessed and happy that she is thriving and seems to be very happy. We know the transition for her will be difficult when she is handed over to us and she will grieve the loss of her foster family but this will be a good sign that she is able to attach and bond and hopefully she will soon adjust and accept us as her forever family. I can't imagine the sadness her mother must have felt in having to abandon her and I will always keep her in my prayers.

This past weekend, I traveled to Louisiana and had a great visit with family and friends and lots of fun shopping for Katherine. The weather was beautiful and LSU won the game against ALABAMA! GO TIGERS!!!!!!! This afternoon we received confirmation that our Acceptance Forms were hand delivered to the CCAA today and Friday we will move into the travel phase with our agency. Not long now!!!!!