Roman had his doctor's checkup last week...the doctor said he is "thriving" and growing like a weed. He is so tall and already weighs over 27 pounds. Everyone who sees him thinks he is older than his 17 months :)


On the left, Roman is with his cousin who is one year old. This was taken the day of his doctor's appointment.

The photo on the right was taken the same day and as you can see, our son is still such a ham for the camera :) He will smile and smile and smile for the camera or any type of video...he should be in movies!


MUST SMUSH KITTEN!!!

Apparently, this is what Roman thought he was supposed to do to the little six-week old kittens at his Aunt Cindy's house :) We finally had to take him out of the room they were in because he would not stop trying to grab them and pick them up and HUG them as tightly as he could! He was so funny...he takes after his Mommy and Daddy and just love kitties, even his own, Perkins & Sox, who won't give him the time of day most of the time :) Aunt Cindy's dog was a little overwhelming for him...Sophie, the 70-pound chocolate lab, just jumped right up and kissed Roman on the mouth!!! Roman is used to Grandma's 6-pound poodle that is smaller than he is.

My adoption friends, Elle & Derek, became the proud parents of Oleg today in court in Russia!!! This has been a long journey for them and I am just so excited!!

Up until today, we have only known their son as "Pickle" as they did not want to reveal his name until the adoption was official...so, for months, we have all been referring to him as "Pickle"!!

We can't wait to see pictures of little Oleg...go over to Elle & Derek's site below and give them a big congratulations!!

http://unexpectedmiracles.blogspot.com