Yesterday, if you can believe, was the anniversary of the day that we first saw our sweet Zoey's little face, the one year anniversary of our referral date. 
I can believe it's been that long because I don't feel like she hasn't ever been with us. We had some friends over for the AL/AU game and Christine was looking at one of our photo albums. 
The pictures that the orphanage gave us of Zoey that they had put in a little album for us were in there and it is kind of surreal looking at them. 
It's just like a biological child, you can't remember your life without them almost. I can't believe that it is her in those pictures in ten layers of clothing sitting in the dirt outside the Poyang SWI. And coming back to reality that it is her makes me tear up everytime. So we celebrate our little girl and how far she has come since that day, 
(how far they ALL have come)
I can believe it's been that long because I don't feel like she hasn't ever been with us. We had some friends over for the AL/AU game and Christine was looking at one of our photo albums. The pictures that the orphanage gave us of Zoey that they had put in a little album for us were in there and it is kind of surreal looking at them. It's just like a biological child, you can't remember your life without them almost. I can't believe that it is her in those pictures in ten layers of clothing sitting in the dirt outside the Poyang SWI. And coming back to reality that it is her makes me tear up everytime. So we celebrate our little girl and how far she has come since that day, (how far they ALL have come) that we sat at our computers at work and saw her picture for the first time and cried because we couldn't wait to hold her in our arms. 
Now she is ours completely and always will be. 
What an amazing journey for her and us! 
Now she is ours completely and always will be. What an amazing journey for her and us! 
6 comments:
Wow! I can't believe it's been a year since your referral!
I have the same feeling about my kids. I can't remember life without them. I can't believe Olivia is 5 years old, in kindergarten, and has lost her first tooth!
It is weird to look at photos of them while they were in China and think they had a life before they came to be our children.
We all are so blessed.
Happy One Year Referral Anniversary!!
Love,
Jan
P.S. I put that piece to the little house in the mail to you yesterday :-)
She has just blossomed!!! I love remembering....
Awww happy anniversary!!!! Love you
BAWLING....I will never forget that day! It is very hard to imagine life without her.
Well said, Amanda! You are so right! I often forget that they've not been with us since the beginning! Zoey is so very precious. Both she and you guys are so blessed to have found one another.
I can't believe the time...it's hard for me to think of life without her in it, so I can't imagine how hard it is for you to remember! Happy 1 year! What a precious gift she is to all of us!
Love, Christine
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