Milestone and Measurements

Well, we had our first post placement report this morning! Cassi will have been home for 5 months on the 29th. So hard to believe! Our SW agrees with us that she is on target or advanced in all developmental areas. I was thinking maybe we should call the early intervention specialist anyway because that's what most people do, even if they don't have concerns, but it seems pretty silly, so we are forgoing that. The SW wanted to know how she is doing with bonding, developmentally, her schedule as far as napping, eating, etc. Also, how Kai is adapting and how the extended family accepted her. We are also sending 12 pictures in with the report. Anyway, our SW will have the report ready next week so that Lighthouse can send it to Russia.

For those of you new to the process, there are four post placement reports that Russia requires. These are due at 6 mos., 1 yr., 2 yrs. and 3 yrs. home. They satisfy Russia and allow the adoption agencies to continue to process Russian adoptions, so it keeps Russia open for families that follow in our footsteps.

Also, I measured Cassi today because she just seems to be growing like a weed. Good thing I mainly bought her dresses for the Spring and Summer! Here are her stats when we met compared to today:

Oct. 2008, age 10.5 months:

Height: 27", 10% on the charts

Weight: 19 pounds (guesstimation), 40% on the charts

April 2009, age 16.5 months:

Height: 32", 75% on the charts

Weight: 25 pounds, 60% on the charts

I forgot to measure her head today, so I may come back and edit this later. I love to see how other children are growing by leaps and bounds, once home. It was very comforting when I was waiting to meet our Russian sweet baby to see that there are healthy children coming home! :) We are so grateful and thankful that Cassi is thriving in our family!

We went to a family reunion over the past weekend. I will get some pictures up in the coming days. The kids had a blast!

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