One year ago tomorrow was our SDA appointment. After being shown 10-15 files we were finally shown Igor's file with this picture which was taken when he was about 5 months old - he was now edging in on two years old though. Hard to see the toddler in the infant.
Two days later we arrived in Artemovsk to meet Igor. Not quite the infant we'd been shown a picture of. The information given us at the baby house was better than the info provided by the SDA and we found a relatively healthy but delayed toddler.
About 5 weeks later my mother-in-law and I were getting tipsy on a KLM flight out of Amsterdam and were thrilled we could read signs, understand people who spoke to us and that all the stress was just about over. By the way this pic makes the flight look a little too easy.
This picture was taken at the 6 month home mark!
and this picture was taken today, smeary glasses and all!
Igor has grown several inches and gained around 8-9 lbs since we met him. He has gone from wearing a 12 month clothes to 18 or 24 month stuff, though his pants are a little loose still. He's gone from just learning to walk to running and climbing like a monkey possessed. Igor's language has gone from zero words (even in Russian) to 30-40 understandable words and he's JUST starting to string words together, his favorite is " I got it!" and if you ask him a silly question he'll give you a sarcastic tone of voice with his yes or no.
What a change!
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What a cutie Igor is!
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