My annual PPR (Post-Placement Report) to Ethiopia is due.
In addition to a report on Elsa’s progress, health, etc., the Ethiopian government wants to see current photos of her. Above is the collage-y thing I put together for the report.
And below is last year’s photo collage. My, what a difference a year makes!




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31 March 2010 at 11:35 am
Kerryanne
Beautiful! Love the bottom 2 in the white top. She’s just gorgeous.
31 March 2010 at 11:40 am
Rachael
Great pics. I like the collage idea. Katya’s pp is due next week and I need to put photos together. I usually just email a bunch to my agency, but who knows, they probably just print them off and send them poor quality. I should do something nicer for the final one – I think I’ll borrow your idea.
31 March 2010 at 12:00 pm
Q
You and Elsa are so incredibly lucky to have found each other ….. the Ethiopian government should take a five-minute time out and all do cartwheels together in celebration.
And, if they have trouble with the time-out concept, I know just the girl to help instruct them! Gorgeous collage(s)!
31 March 2010 at 12:32 pm
Monica
Really cute pictures. One thing that hasn’t changed is Elsa’s fabulous smile!
You’re so skinny. I’m jealous.
31 March 2010 at 12:43 pm
inventingliz
Elsa really has grown up in the past year! But what I also notice is that you look different – more relaxed, at ease. Gives me hope!
31 March 2010 at 1:14 pm
susie mumford
Geeze ! I can’t get over how she has grown ! And those smiles ~~~what a dream. xo susie
31 March 2010 at 1:33 pm
haitian american family of three
Wow she is truly SO beautiful!!!!
31 March 2010 at 1:49 pm
KateM
You can see such blossoming, of you both!
31 March 2010 at 1:54 pm
Bridget
LOVE the collages! Where did you put that together? Just curious….
So beautiful!
31 March 2010 at 2:15 pm
Habesha Child
Thanks guys!
Bridget, I used the “collage” function in Picasa (free image editing software from Google). Easy peasy.
31 March 2010 at 3:29 pm
tafel
wow, from a baby to a little person. Gorgeous photos! !
31 March 2010 at 8:03 pm
Robyn
Love the collage photos! they are gorgeous! I am sure that the government will be impresed with how healthy, loved and happy she looks in all her photos…
They are beautiful!!!
1 April 2010 at 3:24 am
stephanie
Oh my. They kind of take my breath away. Beautiful.
And thanks for the reminder about the post-placement. Kind of forgot.
1 April 2010 at 6:49 am
susie mumford
Well, it’s Thursday today ~ MORE PICTURES ~~ OMG what a brat I am ~~~
hahaha
never get my fill ~
xo susie
1 April 2010 at 6:52 am
kate
Wow–she is HUGE and stunning. ;>
I am still amazed by how fab her school pix are. Has Tyra called yet?
1 April 2010 at 1:48 pm
claudia
She was cute then, and she’s even cuter now
2 April 2010 at 4:52 am
Elizabeth Mendoza
be careful, they may think that you fed her miracle growth, wow, she looks twice as big and, of course, extra beautiful!