Krassi, the athlete

This boy loves to play "catch." He got a small soccer ball from Matt's mom (selected by Matt's brother) in his Christmas stocking, and it's a great size for him. He and I were batting/kicking it back and forth this afternoon while I was washing the dishes.

Just a reminder that in the midst of struggles (with pretty significant implications!) surrounding eating and weight gain/loss, that there are still times like this when Krassi is enjoying himself in ways that were simply not possible while he was still living in his orphanage!

[there is supposed to be a video here, but for 

some reason I keep getting an error in 

uploading. Maybe tomorrow...Okay. No luck
today, either, so I'm going to assume it's because
my video is too big, so will try just putting it up
directly via our website and see if that works. If
you're ambitious (it took about an hour to upload
the file - its a minute long video) and want to see it,
go to this link here.]

P.S. I enjoyed comparing tonight's post with this one from just a few weeks after he was home. First of all, he's a lot stronger now than he was. Secondly, please notice how all of the older photos show Krassi in the same location. Today when we played, he was all over the kitchen, starting at the doorway just off the photo to your right, then pulling himself to a location behind where I am while taking the photo to chase the ball, and at another point all the way into the living room doorway on the left of the photo. He doesn't move quickly but he's really getting around.