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Sunday, January 22, 2012

Look at the difference!

One of our first visits to the orphanage in March 2011


She is watching Aaron play



Proud daddy!

Showing us how strong she is!


Early on we discovered she LOVES hands.



The sun shining in the patio was hard on her eyes.



Second trip ~ Playing with Aaron, Dusty, and Sonja


One of our last visits before Gotcha Day


Gotcha Day:  April 25, 2011


All dressed and ready to go!


Finally asleep on the long leg over the Atlantic Ocean
Getting some love from Regan ~ May 2011

Big brother, Ethan with Julia ~ May 2011

"little" sister, Regan with Julia ~ May 2011

Camping in June 2011

June 2011

July 2011

July 2011


August 2011

August 2011

August 2011


October 2011

October 2011

Getting herself to sitting position ~ Nov 2011


November 2011

Julia's 5th birthday party ~ Nov. 20, 2011

So many wonderful presents

Family and friends at her party

Evan, Julia, Aaron, Ethan, and Regan on Santa's lap

Christmas Eve 2011

Christmas Eve 2011

January 2011

I'm a lil' Angel!

10 months home.....look at me now : )


Amazingly, Julia has doubled her weight and grown 4 inches over these last 10 months.  When we first visited with Julia in the orphanage she couldn't even roll over from back to front without help.  Now she can get herself to crawling position and sitting position.  We still can't get her to crawl as she is very proficient at getting around on her back.  But she will occasionally play sitting up in her play pen.  We are in the process of getting her into the preschool program in public school where she will receive more therapy and hopefully thrive and show us all she can do! 

25 comments:

  1. oh this has me in tears! bless you allxxx she is beautiful xxx

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  2. Yep, I am crying too!!!! AMAZING!!!!!! She is so absolutely Beautiful!!!!!

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  3. wow she truely does not look like the same girl she was!

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  4. I just wanted you to know that Julia's story is the one that the Lord used to break my heart. It was Adeye's words and your families faithfulness to go that make us reevaluate our priorities. We are heading in March,to go get our girls. I'm pretty sure we are heading to the same city where Julia was. She is truly beautiful and everytime I see a photo of her I am teary eyed.

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  5. Beauty from ashes - she is a treasure!! Blessings to your family!

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  6. SO pretty!! What a huge difference! I kept having to scroll up and down to compare!!

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  7. That is amazing! I can not believe that it has been almost a year. I can remember praying for her and your family before you got her. May she be light unto this dark world!

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  8. What an amazing girl. Look at her eyes sparkle and her beautiful smile. God is good!

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  9. She is such a miracle. Thank you for "Sharing" Julia with us all. It gives me hope that there is a future for these precious children that are thought to be hopeless. May God continue to bless your family and little Julia as her smile shines to all of us who love her and are cheering her on!

    Kim O

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  10. Sweet beautiful girl who shares my first name! Every time I see updates about her and see how far she has come I rejoice! It'll be amazing to see what more she does in the coming months! She is already a different child, and I'm so grateful she got the chance she deserved!

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  11. Amazing!! She is beautiful Carrie!

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  12. Oh my! She is gorgeous! Praises and blessings, see what the Lord has done!

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  13. Oh, she makes me smile! Way to go, Julia!

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  14. It's wonderful to see how far she has come! Now, could we have a post about Aaron please?

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  15. So amazing!!! Go Julia! I love seeing pictures of her growing and thriving. Look at her gorgeous, healthy, shiny hair. She is just getting more and more lovely. I am so very happy for her and for your family and can't wait to see where God takes her!

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  16. Oh what a blessing to see the amazing difference LOVE can make!! :)

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  17. It makes me so happy to see a child with CS. I love a little girl with CS as well. Sarah will be 27 on May 29. She is the reason my husband and I decided to adopt Special Needs kids. I love seeing Julia thrive in a family. I hope she's as much of a blessing to you as Sarah is to everyone who knows her.

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    1. Just to clarify....Julia was found NOT to have CS!

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  18. She's thriving, looks so happy, and full of life!!! :) Thanks for keep us updated on her progress- did you find out if she was misdiagnosed with CS?

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    1. I wrote about it in one of my blog posts. Forgive me, I do not remember which one, but she was misdiagnosed. She does NOT have CS. She was found to have several chromosomal abnormalities (balanced and unbalanced translocations), none of which could label her with a complete diagnosis. One of the abnormalities alone is called 5Q14.3 deletion syndrome. But with the other abnormalities, we were told she falls under "unigue chromosomal abnormalities."

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