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We recorded Cori on Friday night. It was the second time had heard this song and sung to it. This particular night she added some hand motions. My purpose here is two fold: For you to see how absolutely precious and charming she is; and to bring home the point that she is now in a nation with the freedom to worship to worship the name of Jesus.http://www.vimeo.com/18899388

Poor quality, but if you can invest the 1:23 or so seconds it takes to see it, perhaps you will rejoice with us that one so small now has an opportunity to serve a living Saviour, that one so new to our family and home is so comfortable, outgoing, and obviously happy.

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A full New Year is ahead.

Cori's language is exploding at a dizzy pace.......So is her appetite! It has been our experience that orphans are convinced that all the food they now have may one day disappear, so they eat as if there is no tomorrow until they figure out this is their home, this is their family, this is their food and it will not go away.

( She is already outgrowing all of her 3T pants, but a wonderful co-worker of Wes' has sent us a couple of boxes of 4T shirts and 5T pants! What a blessing!!)

Jena and Lily used to make the most extraordinary food messes you can imagine. My "favorite" was the morning I heard a glass shatter before I was out of bed. I ran into the kitchen to find Jena pouring a second glass of milk while mixing chocolate syrup in it. They had already climbed to the top of the refrigerator on the drawer handles to obtain the oreos, and a full bag of honeynut cheerios was scattered over the floor. Good Morning, Mom!) I am pretty sure that is the day I walked into the gym and un-enrolled Katherine and Grace for a month so I could regain my bearings. )

Cori's favorite still seems to be noodles, but last week she ate every single centimeter of a baked potato.

Despite a different antibiotic to rule out infection as the cause, Cori still has complete urinary incontinence. We are happy to report that the solids are far more predictable and under control! Our prayer is for her complete healing and restoration!

I think we are going to be able to show China adequate pictures of how well she is doing!!