More about Tham

Well, I was a little confused, to say the least, by the information on Tham's medical report. I states that she was born on November 8, 2007 and currently weighs 9 kg and is 75 cm long. This is HUGE for even a US born baby at 6 months old, but I figured that maybe she was just big. Then I saw her most recent pictures (below) where she is STANDING without holding on and I thought "there is NO WAY this child is 6 months old", but all I had to go on was the stated birth date.
I looked at development charts for Asian children and decided that even if she was 9 months old she would be in the 97th percentile for height and weight, so I was guessing that she was probably between 10-12 months at the time of the pictures and medical.
Needless to say, I was not terribly surprised when my agency told me last night that she was actually abandoned on November 8, 2007 and was probably 5-6 months old at the time. Aha, so I was dead on! So, now we are going to have to decide on a birthdate for her if we don't want to keep the November date (not to mention that we are still trying to find a name). I sure hope that we can also find out more information about her history, although I seriously doubt that is going to be possible.

More pictures of Tham

These pictures are very recent (days old) and I have to say that she looks older than the 6 months she is suppose to be. Already standing and all! Here's to a speedy process so we can be with her when she takes her first steps (if she hasn't already).

Two referral pictures compared

Here are the referral pics for Anh and Tham

And then there were 4!

We have a daughter! I just got the referral from our agency for an 8 month old baby girl from Vietnam. She is in the same orphanage that Anh was associated with. I really can't believe that we actually have the referral, although we are not out of the woods yet. Vietnam is closing their adoptions with the U.S. as of September 1st because of all of the accusations that the U.S. is making. The U.S. has claimed that they have evidence of baby selling, although I'm not entirely sure I believe that it is happening to the extent that they claim. It is a difficult time right now in the world of international adoption - China has slowed to a snails pace, Vietnam is closing, Nepal is closed, Guatemala is all but closed, and even adoption from Africa seems problematic.
Well, for now we will enjoy these lovely pictures of Tham and hope that our paperwork goes through OK and that we come home with her in another 5 months or so.