WE HAVE A CRAWLER!!!!!

Guess who took their first actual crawl tonight??? Khari !!! So many emotions! If you didn't meet Khari when we did, you wouldn't understand why this is such an accomplishment for an 11 month old! But, knowing this little lady was 3 pounds at 8 weeks old and in an orphanage for the first 6 1/2 months of her life, just maybe you could fathom why we are so very proud of our little girl! Thinking back 5 short months ago when we brought her home, she couldn't even see well enough to grab a toy, much less actually get enough strength in her hands to grasp it! Wow, she has come so far, in such a short time, look out for her world!!  Check out this video!!!

A brand new year!!!!

So here it is a brand new year and I haven't updated at all!!! Sorry, I have four children now and if you could see my house, you would know why my blog hasn't been updated!!!!
           So here is our progress with Miss. Khari Bug, two weeks ago she started rolling from her back to her belly finally! She was almost 11 months old and was stuck on her back like a bug! All of our great friends at therapy said that it would come, but being the human being I am, I doubted. I would officially like to apologize to all of those amazing professionals! So now she can sit up all by herself! What a big girl!!! Here are some pictures of our progress!

You know I won't stay here long, right!

Watch me roll!

Made it to my hands and knees, all by myself!!! 

Push and walk my hands back, this is hard work!

So I made it onto my bottom!

Time to celebrate

 Wow! That is all I can say! People just do not understand. The baby we brought home 4 1/2 months ago could barely focus and track with her eyes. She was so weak she had to lean her head back and "stack it" on her spine to hold it up. She was terrified of people and could not stand very much visual, sensory stimulation or movement. I was very nervous, and worried. We put our faith in God and we knew he had a plan for Khari! We weren't really sure how much of the plan we were going to like, but we were trusting. So now we are rejoicing like never before. She is becoming a huge socialite, she loves people and entertaining people. She even went to bible class for the first time tonight! She tested out of speech therapy and they said her verbal skills were on target for an 11 month old and the girl is eating like a pig! We are feeling oh so blessed to have her in our lives. She is an amazing testimony to life! She is our little miracle and I like to think that somewhere her Enat (Ethiopian name for Mother) is looking down and is so happy to see how well she is doing! I hope that maybe by the time I update my blog next, she may even be thinking about moving! (Although I may try to update about her first Christmas!)Our whole family has just become so much more close and blessed all because of this tiny peanut !

 Oh, by the way, she has 4 terribly cute little teeth now! I will leave you with a sweet picture of  the Ethiopian Princess herself!