Dec. 24, 2008
Micah is 5, Samuel is 3 1/2 and Mary Kate is 20 months old. At this point we had been in the adoption process for 14 months. This is the month that we updated our file to accept a child with a special need. I remember spending a lot of time during that Christmas season wondering if our daughter had already been born. You can see in the picture that Samuel is holding a Chinese doll to represent our unknown daughter. Hope was born 23 days after this picture was taken.
Dec. 24, 2009
Micah is 6, Samuel is 4 1/2 and Mary Kate is 2 1/2. We were still waiting to hear any news about our daughter. We hung a stocking for her and all we could do was pray that she was being taken care of. On Christmas Eve we had the kids write letters to their baby sister in China.
Dec. 24, 2010
Micah is 7, Samuel is 5 1/2, Mary Kate is 3 1/2 and Hope is almost 2. Our family is finally all together!!
I love this picture too:
We went to church, came home and ordered Chinese food (by the way, Hope was literally giddy as we were serving her dinner). After dinner, the kids opened their pajamas. I wanted to take their picture and of course they were silly about it. I just love how Hope joins in with them. It's so good to have her home!
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Beautiful and so worth the wait. :)
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