Most infants in Chinese orphanages spend a great deal of time sitting and inactive, and it took Ivy several days to begin sitting up and using her hands and arms. She's progressing very quickly now, though.














I discovered something this evening that Ivy loves: I lift her above my head and she gets excited and starts kicking and laughing. The only drawback is that I sustain some pretty forceful blows to the face. Ash and Gift both readily agreed it's worth it to see our baby happy.