Tom Reber

Dear Ben,

Please share.  I remember most all of these times.

Tom Reber

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  Hi Mr. Barrett.
   Just wanted to say Hello from Tammy (my beautiful wife), and I.....along with our new recruit to the (family) members of the "517th Parachute
Infant-(ry)".  Since Lynzie LOVES for "daa" to fly her around the kitchen and Living Room, She's showing a helluva' lot of potential as a "Para-pooper". (An inside joke between Mr. Frice and I- also, I can personally assure you that the latter part of the word (pooper) is totally accurate........ She is a "Pooping Machine"!!!)  Also, the fact that she calls me "Daa" isn't a typo.  She started calling me "Daa" when we were in China (later in the trip since she scared of me in the beginning since she hadn't been around men much if any) and I liked the sound of it much better than "Dad", "Da-Da" or "Daddy" so we just encouraged her to refer to me as "Daa".. :-)  
      Lynzie Li had her first check-up w/ the International Adoption Clinic, (part of UAB Medical Center which is supposedly the best and best equipped since it's also a college which pays for and receives grants to buy the best of the best equipment and Docs, Specialists, Pediatricians, etc... I'm sure you remember when my step brother, TJ, had the wreck about 4 or 5 yrs. ago where he was thrown from his flipping 4-runner over the dividing wall on the interstate and onto the opposite side of oncoming lanes where he was ran over while unconscious, and then backed back over (not intentionally- the poor guy thought that he was running over debris from the wreck.) and was hanging on by less than a 5% chance of surviving for 10 days. (he's now working full time although his motor skills aren't as good as they used to be)  If he would have been flown to anywhere other than UAB, there's no doubt in our minds that he would have never made it.  Luckily, he was taken to UAB where they  had an experimental device that drained the fluid and monitored, to the absolute exact amount of, pressure on his brain, or he would have been in big trouble.  ANYWAY, the psychologist and pediatrician that works and the I.A.C. are both REALLY great at their jobs and are used by almost ALL international adopted babies which is all that they work with.  When she did some simple tests w/Lynzie and asked Tammy and I a bunch of questions about her interactions w/Tammy and I as well as how she was responding and bonding w/ Tammy and I.  She said that the vast majority of the Int. Adopted babies take about 4-8 appointments but Lynzie was doing so well, we don't have to see her for any more appointments which she said was very rare. She also said that Lynzie was VERY intelligent and inquisitive which are a good sign.  Also, she said that she shows all of the signs that she had adapted to Tammy and I as her "Momma" and "Daa" very well so we can let the grandparents hold her now.... (thank God because they were on the verge of going insane... :-)) 
      Just wanted to give an update on Lynzie and her progress.  I will send you some pics. from recently and from our China Trip as soon as Tammy shows me how to shrink the files where they don't take  2 days to dl them.
      Have a great day.
      Your friend.
      Chris Liddell