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We got the official word today that Anastasia is available for adoption!!!
The Hosting program sent us her first and last name, Date of birth, and orphanage #, so that the agency we plan on working with could check for us.

Her birthday is Feb. 2nd!!!!!!! Our boys birthdays are Feb 20th and Feb 22nd!!

Then we were emailed her hosting families information. I called and spoke to the mom, we only spoke for about 10 minutes, she was on the way out the door. But what she did have time to tell me was that Anastasia is a girly girl, sweet most of the time, loves dolls, dressing up, cooking, etc... But she's also a tough one. When presented with a walker that the host mom had borrowed for her, she was very offended, and would not use it. She said she can walk on her own, but does fall sometimes. She is going to email me the report from John Hopkins, which will be a help. Host mom did say her legs are very stiff, but from what she said it didn't seem to keep her from doing whatever she had her mind set to do.
Host Mom said Ana (I'm not nicknaming her yet, it's just a long name to type), listened well in church, and most of the time, but there were several instances when she threw temper tantrums (wouldn't be true girl if she didn't), the one she said was the worst was when she couldn't have a doll she wanted at the store. Thank God, Host Mom stood her ground and didn't buy it. She said they were even able to go back to the toy department without a problem. I thanked her, because we don't intend to give her everything she wants while she's here, especially since we hope to have her as a daughter one day, we don't want to create a monster.
Host Mom said she'll talk to me more later. She is also going to email me a picture of Ana playing dress up.