Girl's Weekend!

Cyn and the girls came up to visit us this weekend and we had a great time! Thanks to Sandy for the cute matching hats you knittted. We went to the zoo, went out for pizza, watched movies and played, played played. Lily did a great job sharing all her toys.

JOH Picnic

Yesterday we attended our adoption agency's annual picnic. Lily had a great time, despite not wanting to eat her lunch.

Our family's 1 year anniversary

Last week we celebrated one year together as a family! On September 4th, we picked up Lily early from daycare, played at the park (at her request), went to the toy store to buy her first baby doll (which she insisted we open in the store), and went out to dinner so Lily could enjoy french fries and vanilla ice cream for dinner. All in all, it was the perfect way to celebrate the best year of our lives!

Here's an excerpt from a posting I made to one of our yahoo groups on September 4th:

One Year Ago Today...

...We were in our room at the Green Lake Hotel pacing back and forth, staring at the clock and triple checking our backpack to make sure we had everything

...We taped a short video message to our daughter that we were about to meet telling her that even though we had never met her, we loved her so much already

...We rode in the taxi to the civil affairs office as our guide talked non-stop about how important the paperwork was, what was going to happen, etc. etc. and we just looked at each other silently with nervous smiles

...We sat on a black leather sofa in the civil affairs office and suddenly became aware of how acute our hearing had become as we listened with anticipation for any doors opening, babies crying or voices speaking

...I became a mother

...My husband became a father

...Our daughter met her parents for the first time

...We became a family

What a year!Happy Family Day to us!

Andrea DH-Daren DD-Lilian Rui Zhen (b. 12-4-05, a. 9-4-06), Kunming CWI