One year later... Look what grew up from that little malnourished kiddo. Let me introduce our little monster "Ruben". He has adjusted just fine and loves his family. Language started out a little slow, with sounds and sign language to get his point across. Then one word, now two or three strung together. Ruben enjoys his "school" daycare. He loves to bring hope papers and say "I make, I make, I make". He is soooo proud of his work. He is all "two" and then some. If you take your eye off him, he will make you pay later, just look what happened when he found the bottle of desiten cream. Let's just say he was baby butt soft everywhere, and even had that skunk appearance for awhile. We celebrated his Gotcha Day this weekend. Ruben's birthday is the day after Christmas, so we thought he should have a special day, besides right after the holiday. It's hard to believe it has been a whole year since our Colombian adventure. We are so thankful and blessed that we were able travel when we did. In the past year, the adoption referrals slowed down significantly. To all those families still waiting, Hang on. Your kiddo/s are out there and will be with you soon. We still keep in contact with our college friend Mario from Colombia. He is working on getting his visa and we hope to help him come to Montana and visit. Our hot summer is finally over and fall is setting in. I sure don't miss the hot humidity of Monteria, or the cold water showers. However, we miss all the people that helped us in our journey to bring back Ruben. Maybe one day when Ruben is older, he will want to travel back to Colombia and visit his birth country. 
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