UPDATE ON CLAIRE

So on this gloomy, rainy and icy day in Missouri, I opened an e-mail from our adoption agency. Claire who is soon to be 5 mths old is now 14 lbs and 24 inches long. What does that tell us? She is short and chunky.(according to growth charts: 25 % weight, 10% height) She will look just the way her big brother Keaton looked. We are so excited to hear how much she is growing. It is a little sad, to think about how much we are missing though. Does she have teeth? Does she laugh? Does she roll over? We can't wait to meet her!
As far as when we get to bring her home.....it looks like possibly Jan. If we do not go in Jan it will be March. Please pray that things will continue to go quickly and her paper work gets into the right hands as fast as it can.
In other news.....we received a large donation of orphanage gifts from a couple of families from our church. It was amazing to see the BAGS of things for kids who really need them. Also, that same family brought us an ornament to place on the Christmas tree this year for Claire. Uh, yeah I cried. We will hang it proudly on the front of the tree. Half way around the world (and we have never actually met her), and yet just as much OUR child as the other two. Thank you again to those who have donated such wonderful things for us to take to Vietnam.