Maria recently turned 2. We are trying to tackle the potty training and binky issues. She also seems to want to watch TV constantly. We are changing up her diet and trying to get her to eat healthier. Any advice about these phases would be appreciated.

We are also trying to ensure that we can stay in contact with her birthmother to help share her milestones. We have been attempting to contact her birthmother through various means, and have not had any luck. It is strange, because her birthmother was previously very good about staying in contact. She just stopped all of a sudden, and we don't know why. We would like Maria to have contact with her siblings, as well. Does anyone have any advice about this? We talked to our adoption agency about it. We've tried every method we can think of, even reaching out to the birthmother's friends.

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http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=2AaNmLhm3cMnOA has Maria's first holiday card.

Maria has been in our lives since March, and she is doing so well! We're blessed to have such a smart, cute baby. She sits up now, is scooting, and teething.

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We are very excited that we will be approved to adopt this week. We will have the papers very soon.

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Testing