2 Years Ago.......

"Now"

"Then"



You know I"m going to have to do this every year right??? I just LOVE talking about, thinking about, & looking over all our memories of this day!!

2 years ago today we met our sweet Anne Marie face-to-face! WOW! I can't believe it's been two years! It feels like she's been part of our family since the beginning of time (and in God's eyes I'm sure she has) but when I look back at all our pictures and think about that day, it seems like these 2 years have gone by so quick!!

I remember everything about that day. The way I was pacing in the hotel room making a bottle & waiting for "our time" to depart. I remember running back up to the room at least 2 times while waiting in the lobby worried that I had forgot something. The way my stomach felt riding the bus to get her --- it just seemed so unreal! I remember seeing this beautiful child across the room just KNOWING it was my daughter -- Mike even doubted me!! I remember looking into that face, and just knowing this WAS the child God's intended for us!

I remember that quiet, painfully shy, almost unemotional personality she showed us those first few days. It makes me want to cry thinking of what she must have been thinking. How worried she must have been. How worried her nannies must have been, and then how worried her birth-mother must have been for all those months, wondering where she was, how she was taken care of, and who was loving her!!

She is now an AMAZINGLY funny, loud, opinionated, hyper, happy, stubborn, vibrant child. She loves hard, plays hard, and laughs harder!! And we could not be more blessed.

I also think often of all those families we traveled with. And, especially on days like today I wish them well!!! We hope that you all are having a wonderful Adoption Day -- and you eat tons of Chinese food --- and know that we're thinking of you all!!!!!!