Dancing Queen

Over the last few days, one thing about Gabi has become very apparent. She loves to dance and loves music!! Every single time she hears music from anywhere she starts swaying and dancing. She might be crawling and stop mid-travel to rock back and forth. A couple of her toys have music and she absolutely loves them. If you hum or sing to her, she'll rock to the beat.

The H.'s had to move over to the Westin today because supposedly there is no room at the inn. We are very sad to have them leave us, but we'll join them tomorrow for swimming at their pool and whatever else we can think of. As they moved, they bequeathed many-a-treasure to the A.'s. One of those treasures was a walker, which Short Stuff LOVES! She can really only go backwards, but that's something. And she is soooo proud. What an accomplishment for someone who has to use the lowest possible height on the walker. She's a wild woman and we truly are going to have our hands full the bigger she gets.

We had a very successful meeting with our attorney and translator today. We hope to have the appropriate paperwork by the end of the week and re-submitted to PGN by early next week. Please pray that this happens as expediently as possible.

Gabi is a joy! Every day there is a more incredible discovery about her than yesterday. Her personality is blossoming before our eyes. We love watching every new adventure with her. She's so alert and tuned into her surroundings. Literally, nothing gets past her. We watch some of the other babies and they don't seem to be quite as aware of that. But Gabi's all over it. She also sat up from a supine position all by herself today. What a strong little girl she is. She tells jokes and can play forever on her own. She sleeps like a dream and eats like a champ.

I just looked down and saw her sitting next to Ed on the floor playing with her toy. She's facing away and every time the music stops, she reaches back and grabs his belly just to make sure he's still there. It's so sweet! She has really developed quite a crush on her daddy. I'm a bit jealous, I have to say. She's such a snuggly, loving little person. Ed just told her that she'd need a screwdriver for that hatch on the toy. That's where the batteries go. What an odd man. But a great dad!

Ok, on with the show. More pics of our Dancing Queen!