Monday, June 29, 2009

June Update


After checking our email obsessively for the last week or so, our June update has finally arrived! Here's what Dixie (the orphanage director) has to say about Trey Amos this month:

weight: 15 lbs 15 oz
height: 25.5 inches

Amos is a sweet little boy. He smiles a lot and gives awesome snuggles. He really enjoys the volunteers reading to him and he will just stare at the photos.

He sits up pretty good but you will need to stay close because he will topple over occasionally if he tries to reach for something and it's out of his reach. He can sit for 10 minutes easily.

Amos is very verbal. He will coo and ahh and get our attention with all of the sounds that he makes. He also recognizes his care givers very well. When his volunteer walks into the nursery, he starts squirming and making noise to get her attention hoping that she will pick him up and take him upstairs with her!

Amos reaches for toys and plays with them. He likes to put things in his mouth. He seldom makes it through a whole hour with his volunteer without him falling asleep. He works hard when he is on the balcony!

He has huge eyes and he will look you right in the eyes. He also watches things going on around him a lot. He wants to know what is going on and if he's supposed to be involved! He hates us putting him back into the nursery after he has been upstairs on the balcony playing. He will do great once he gets into your home and has his own family!

Blessings, Dixie





I'm not sure how much the little guy enjoyed this photo shoot!!! We're not seeing too many smiles here!

3 comments:

  1. is it so wrong that i got all teary eyed reading your update?
    he isn't as smiley because he taking it all in like Dixie said, and that leaf on his head was itchy!
    glad to read everything is so great with Trey Amos.
    Cathleen

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  2. Being Trey's auntie and having a special bond with him, I'm pretty sure he's not smiling because this is what he's thinking:
    "There's a leaf poking into my head. Can someone move this leaf? This is the outfit I gotta wear for this photo shoot? Come on, it's got pink on it! Do I look like a girl in this outfit? Seriously, someone tell me...do look like a girl? Well, it's got a lion on it, and that's kinda manly...right? Wait a minute - I'm in a basket. We all know of a story about another little boy in a basket..I don't think this basket will float....."

    Stuff like that. He's just busy thinking.

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  3. What a cutie! Even when he isn't smiling, he is still just as adorable! :-)

    Jill

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