Baby "Aven"

It has been an exciting week and a half! We have been getting TONS of pictures of our baby girl. I know it won't be like this the whole time we are waiting to bring her home, but I am cherishing every picture that we get. It is a whole new world watching your child grow up over pictures. Its amazing how much she changes in just a week or 2. I have gathered around 45 pictures of her from the time she came into our agency's care at a month old!

We named our baby girl probably just a few hours after we saw her pictures for the first time. We had 3 names picked out and were waiting to see which one fit that sweet face. As soon as the squealing stopped around the house (from me, not Brian), I asked Brian what he thought he name should be. We immediately agreed that she looked like an "Aven"!

A girl I have gotten to know is adopting 4 kids through our agency and she was in Ethiopia this week. I contacted her as soon as we found out about our baby girl, to ask if she could bring a few things to her and take some pictures of her. I put an outfit in the mail the next day, and had some pictures of our family sent to her local walmart. She picked up the pictures and put them in a baby photo album for our girl:) She was so sweet on her first day in Ethiopia, to take pictures of our baby girl in the outfit we sent her and with our photos!

Have I mentioned she's beautiful?! I cannot wait to post her pictures all over this blog when she legally becomes ours!

Oh, and have I mentioned she has a pacifier? I know, not a big deal for a baby. But, seriously, she's the only baby I have seen in the Care Center with one. In fact, I saw her picture a couple months ago (when I was scouring our agency's pictures looking for baby girls that may end up being ours) and said to myself, "She is probably our baby, since she has a paci." Kohout babies love their pacis! Our boys were(Brody) and are (Levi) very attached to theirs!