Adventures with two...

Two goofy peas in a pod

Four years ago...

we met a very scared little girl. She cried the first 30 minutes we saw her. She didn't want us to take her away from the nanny that had brought her. 

The next few days she was quiet and unsure, but easy-going nonetheless. Little by little she felt more comfortable.

(Taken from video, sorry they are so pixelated and grainy.)

Four years have passed since that day and that same girl is now confident, happy, hilarious and loved beyond measure. We are so blessed to be able to have such an amazing daughter!

 

 

  

Family Day 2010!

Can it really be true that four years have passed since we met our beautiful daughter?
We celebrated today with a low-key day of playing outside and relaxing together, followed by soccer practice (where Em scored 3 goals!) and our traditional Family Day meal of Cheeseburgers, just like we ate in China our first day together!

Of course we took our traditional Family Day couch photos, too!

2006 - Such a goofy picture of me, but I love Em hanging on to my leg! That hotel couch is divine. haha

2007-With Bella the cat and those ADORABLE pig tails!

2008-So close to leaving to meet Eli. No Ditka shirt?! Good thing we dug that one out again in the next photo!

2009-Ah! There's that boy and that rag of a shirt! And Frida!

2010- This year Eli is showing us his muscles, the shirt is nearly in pieces and Gus, the cat has escaped!

Gus makes an appearance...much to his dismay, I might add!

And of course the traditional goofy face photo! We almost didn't need an extra photo for this shot, as each photo we took is a bit goofy in one way or another.

I love these three so much my heart might burst.

So happy we get to celebrate this lovely little family!