and we can barely begin to tell you about the transformation...so we'll mostly show you:
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| october 2013 |
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| november 2013 |
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| all dressed up for auntie's wedding january 2014 |
when we brought solomon home in july, nine month baby clothes were hanging off of his skinny little frame. he ate every 2 hours (mostly formula from a bottle) for the first 2ish months. if we fed him more than 6 ounces of anything, his poor little stomach revolted and everything came back up. smiles came, but we had to work hard for them.
six months later, a chubby solomon fits snuggly in eighteen month toddler clothes. he no longer takes a bottle, but drink whole milk from a cup by himself and eats table food...LOTS OF IT. he is a "typical toddler" who jumps and runs and laughs and sings and hugs and cuddles and.....*sniff* it is a miraculous thing to see how a child thrives in a nurturing environment.
people always ask, "isn't international adoption hard and expensive and risky?"
sure, it is....BUT THIS CHILD WAS AND IS SO WORTH IT.
Oh man. He is such a sweetie! So adorable! Adoption is beautiful.
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