Ava Darina Ballerina

Visiting on Wednesday:

Visiting on Thursday:

Ava racing Mama

Ava's new love is the cell phone! By the way, look how great she is standing flat footed!!! Can you believe a year ago she couldn't even walk?

At Classic Pizza!

Visiting on Friday:

This picture is for my best friend Brandi. Bea, in this photo we are watching the Lion King together. An important moment in every child's life right!

Ava and the cell phone have been inseparable

And she learned how to take pictures with it :-)

Most parents probably don't see this as a Kodak moment but I thought it was cute b/c she was imitating James who really does have a cold!

Some info, stories, and fun facts that we wanted to share:
- The director at the orphange gave me permission to teach an art lesson with Ava's group. I am so excited!!!! I might teach to some other groups depending on how well I do with the four year olds :-)
- When we return to the states I will be continuing to fill orders on my website. It will no longer be considered fundraising for the adoption but I will be continuing it b/c I LOVE IT! If you want to get any orders in now, you will be first to receive it once I get home and get crafting!
- James and I are on the fourth season of "The Pretender". Anyone remember that little gem from 1996?
- The Olympic coverage here is not great which is very upsetting but today I was so excited to see the Men's free skate on TV! I had already seen online that the American won gold and I was so excited! I began watching and saw a man from Spain, and Italy compete. Knowing that the "good people" wouldn't be on until later, I left the room. I came back in the middle of a performance and I could just hear a difference in the voices of the announcers. Although I had no clue what they were saying, I knew that something was different in about what they were saying than it had been when I watched the previous men skate. I thought to myself, this guy must be from Kazakhstan. I could just tell there was pride, excitement, and anxiety in the way they were speaking. Sure enough, I was right. It was a really beautiful moment to be in Kaz and to hear local announcers commentate about one of their athletes. He skated very well and I too, was bursting with pride! Kaz did win their first medal of the games yesterday!

A picture of us from Erica's camera!