Update from Kirsten

Hey Everyone,Well, our friend Kirsten just returned home from her visit to the baby-home. She took lots of pictures and video of Evan for us. The caretakers allowed her to take Evan into the a private playroom along with her daughter and she was kind enough to do so. Evan is really growing...he is not the baby that we were with last April, he is now such a little boy. He weights 22 pounds and is 29 inches tall. He is saying some Russian words and is on target developmental. The caretakers told Kirsten that "Since Evan's Momma and Poppa have been here his hair and spirits have gotten lighter" We think they may have meant brighter...ha ha Either way she said that it was a good thing. Kirsten said that Evan is very funny, he's kind of all or nothing. When he's playing, he's very animated, smiley, and running all over the place, the class clown. He's into everything, climbing, doing "boy" things. She said that he loves to throw and play with balls. We sent a picture of us with Kirsten to Evan that was taken Christmas. We had Kirsten ask the caretakers if they could tape it to the headboard of his bed so that he could always see us...they did...you can see a it on snapfish. In October, we sent a Tiger outfit to Evan through another family. We were surprised to see Evan wearing the outfit in some of the pictures that Kirsten took. We don't know if it was a coincident of if they saved it for him to wear...either way it was pretty exciting. Kirsten said that Evan is doing great. The children are very much well fed and taken care of. I set up a link on snapfish for you to view the pictures. If you haven't used snapfish before, it will ask you to set up an account...all you have to do is enter your name a make a password...it's free. In the pictures you will also see Kirsten, her mom, and Annicka. The link will follow this email.We are hoping to hear news of travel in the next couple of weeks for April, so keep praying.Brandi