http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com Our little baby Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:25:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 3 continents, 4 countries, numerous cities - all before her second birthday! Ava has logged in excess of 48000 airline miles for a total of 6 round trips which included 18 planes! How did she do during these trips? Pretty good, if you eliminate the flight to New Jersey and part ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2008/09/11/quite-the-traveller/ [flv:DSCF0592.flv 320 240] http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2008/07/26/this-little-light-of-mine/ We have finally crossed the eight month mark since Ava got home. Why is this significant? Because it means that Ava has now spent more of her life with us than at St. Lucy's. And that's definitely something to celebrate... Honestly, it doesn't seem like it's been that long. I guess ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2008/01/31/crossed-the-eight-month-mark-home/ Ava is being spoilt rotten - by her grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins - in India!  She is enjoying the attention, of course.  Christmas was wonderful, spent with our entire family, and a lot of fattening snacks and sweets. http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/12/25/christmas/ Ava is now a US citizen. We had the court hearing for her readoption, and it went wonderfully. Once you have all the paperwork in, it's just a formality, really.  The judge asked us some questions for the record, then some off the record where we got a chance to gush ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/11/15/readoption/ Don't the pictures say it all? http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/10/31/halloween/ Can't believe our baby is one year old! Can't believe it's been 4 months since Ava took over our lives! Happy Birthday Sweetheart!! It's been a tough day for the girl. As soon as she got up, she had to deal with all the extra hugs and kisses and cuddles from mommy ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/09/19/happy-1st-birthday-ava/ A beautiful Indian dress! An Indian restaurant! That is how we celebrated Ava's first birthday party. Lots of people turned up for the party and we were worried that the restaurant would not be able to accomodate everyone. It turned out to be a non issue though, since guests kept trickling ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/09/16/the-birthday-party/ While our baby mastered the art of climbing stairs about 2 months ago, coming down was always a challenge. Not anymore! [flv:Aug2907_DSCF0032.flv 320 240] http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/08/29/what-goes-up-must-come-down/ It's official! At 10 months, Ava is the best floater in the family!! Here are a couple of videos of her graduation day(s). The first day she is in summer clothes, the final day in winter clothes. The test is to see if she can float indefinitely with the water soaked ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/08/17/graduated-with-floating-um-flying-colors/ Not mamma, not dadda, but there! Here is a cute 22 second video of our baby showing off her walking, kicking, talking, pointing and clapping skills. [flv:Aug1107_DSCF0024.flv 320 240] http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/08/14/avas-first-word-there/ Here are 19 photos of our baby over the last 2 months. Use the arrow buttons to see more thumbnails and click on the thumbnails to see the larger image. Enjoy! http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/08/06/photos-over-the-last-2-months/ Ava is taking swimming (floating) lessons now and is doing really well. We enrolled her for classes at Infant Swimming Resource. [flv:Aug0207-DSCF0011.flv 320 240] http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/08/05/look-ma-i-can-float/ How time flies by when you're having fun. Ava's been home with us for almost two months now, and things are going great!  Some days, it feels like she's always been with us, and some days it feels like we are just getting to know her.  Of course, we have ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/07/23/ten-months-old/ [flv:Jun2107-DSCF0008.flv 320 240] http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/06/23/on-this-1-month-anniversary/ As per her pediatrician in LA she has grown shorter and lighter since her 7th month update! Height: 25 inches Weight: 15 lbs 1 oz She is a tiny baby for an 8 month old but that makes her all the more cute. http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/05/29/8th-month-update/ Ava is taking a short nap, so it's post time for us *smile* We are both feeling a bit spaced out today because we haven't slept much the last couple of days. The trip to Taiwan was cool. Nobody fell sick while we were there, which was great. We had taken an ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/05/28/a-crash-course-in-parenting/ Here are 22 photos of our journey. Use the arrow buttons to see more thumbnails and click on the thumbnails to see the larger image. More photos to come later...Enjoy! http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/05/27/a-few-photos-from-our-trip/ Today we leave Taiwan and head back to Los Angeles. For Ava, this is the start of a new journey, a journey where she leaves her past behind, her memories of the nursery and the nannies, and starts a new life with us. It is time to say goodbye to ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/05/26/adieu-taiwan/ The wait is over! The gotcha moment is something we will not forget for a long time. Wifey was in tears, hubby was relieved, and our baby extended her arms towards us. We were prepared for a wailing baby but Ava was just the sweetest baby ever! She came readily to ... http://ava.adoptiontimeline.com/2007/05/23/gotchaand-we-aint-letting-go/