Ava's 3rd Gotcha Day!

In 2006 (Feb. 6), Ava Marie XiaoE Wetzel walked into a Civil Affairs Office in Changsha, Hunan to meet her new mama and baba. It is amazing to me how this little girl, who avoided her new mama like the plague, has grown to be so affectionate to her mama and writes her sweet notes and draws her such beautiful pictures. Since she is really learning how to write/spell and read, she is forever drawing us pictures and writing messages on them in her own invented spelling. I cracked up today, as she wrote me a question on a scrap piece of paper while I was on the phone. It asked if she could talk now......as mom had told her that she was not allowed to talk for awhile earlier, since she was not using a quiet voice! It is weird when your little ones can communicate to you in these grown up ways. I can't believe it has been three years. God has blessed our family with this young lady!