A glimpse into Ava's life before us...

Once again Lvliang Orphanage has hit the ball out of the park. It is obvious they cared for Ava as much as they could when there are hundreds going through their care at any given time. I just picked up the pictures I had developed from the disposable camera I sent with Ava's care package back in the early summer. Pictures of Ava with her friends, with her nannies, playing outside, eating her cake. A couple of her smiling, most not. Most of them show her with a blank expression, surrounded by children with the same blank expression. Had I received these before I met her I would be so thrilled to have a peek at her but now I look at them with a little sadness and I ask "who is this child?" I can't even put into words how much she has grown, both in body, personality and happiness. These pictures really hit me after having the past two months to get to know her and I once again I am counting my blessings that we get to be a part of her life journey.