Ava's suitcase

Won't she look adorable in this hat, handmade by her Oma!


Here is a little orphan girl's first possessions...a book, a pink coat (Thanks Aunt Sharon!), pink socks, 3 pink and white outfits,a pink handknit hat (thanks Oma) and a pink and white teddy bear that sings (with her family's voices singing). I hope she likes pink!

We know she weighs 18 pounds, so I guessed her size to be about 18mo. I have been thinking how strange it will feel to be carrying a 4 year old girl who is half the size of Hope, and actually the size of a one-year old. As far as Hope is concerned, she is getting a baby sister, and for now I'm not going to tell her otherwise. Eventually Hope will understand that she gets to be the big sister and the little sister all at the same time.