First Update on Sadie & Getting Started Again

We submitted 10 questions to Sadie's orphanage via Helen and within 24 hours we received 5 new pictures and 2 short videos.  The answers came quicker than even our adoption agency could handle in-country (and also $60 for the communication).

To summarize: Sadie weighs 33 lbs and is 37 1/2 inches tall.  She sleeps in a crib 10 hours at night.  She has not been hospitalized but did have a cold this fall.  She likes to play outside and with other children.  She likes apples, bananas and most foods except not sour ones.  She can pick up small things up with her fingers, understand her caregivers and they request that we send her clothes and shoes.

Here is the package that was mailed to Sadie earlier this week 

And a few new pictures of our big girl (really she is bigger than Noah already) :) We've requested that the orphanage not shave her head anymore (they do so to prevent lice being spread).  It is truly wonderful to get a glimpse of what she is like but makes this wait even harder-on us.  

I'm focusing on what we CAN control tonight by completing some required paperwork and ordering more documents.  They must be current in the past 6 months per China.  I forgot how quickly the small fees add up!  

GAFS checks $30 ($15 each)

VitalChek-Stacy's birth certificate & postage from IL $34

VitalChek-Luke's birth certificate & postage from GA $54