Picture Day

Today we took Pete to get his passport and visa pictures done.  Tomorrow we will receive his passport and will head to Moscow to finish up the rest of the process.

Pete is almost 16 months (about 11-12 months developmentally), and he's a lot of fun to watch.  He loves to squish bananas in between his fingers and smear it in his hair.  He had his first taste of peanut butter today on a small piece of bread, and he seemed to like it.  He is a really good eater and looks somewhat like a mini Sumo wrestler.  I almost want to put him in cloth diapers.  He is (still) sick with some sort of congestion, but we've been giving him a probiotic in some apple juice each day, along with giving him a few sprays of saline solution in his nostrils, and feeding him chicken noodle soup from the restaurant.  It seems to be working, and hopefully he will be cleared up by the time we leave so that his ears and sinuses won't be hurting him during the flight home.

Here are a few pictures I took today, along with one we received by e-mail from one of the social workers at the orphanage (dating back to April).  It's one of my favorites - he looks like he fed himself his morning kasha.

I love this one with Travis

Pete loves this musical card