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Family Ties Made not by Blood but Years of Friendship Comments Off

How blessed are we to live close to the uncles and aunties and cousins that my father grew up with? How wonderful is it for me to have this continued connection with the Chinese Culture, which will be so important to Catherine as she gets older. I feel extremely blessed that she can also have [...]

More Gymnastics 4

Last Wednesday we met up with Catherine’s best buddy, Matthew for some gymnastics fun.  John took Catherine the first time around because I was sick.  This time I got to go and I loved it!  Of course Catherine did too.  She loves to try and swing on the rope swing, even though she doesn’t have [...]

Reflections on Our First Year of Parenting 16

I have been mulling this post over in my mind for a while now.  I have been hesitant about posting it because in some ways I don’t want to dissapoint friends or family with some of the words I want to share.  I have a fear of failure and I don’t always like to share [...]

Forever Family Day- Post 2 9

3/17/08 (Adoption Day) 3/16/09 What a difference a year makes!  I can’t get over how much Catherine has changed in just a short 12 months.  Looking at the two photos above takes my breath away.  I now understand why parents give their toddler’s age by months instead of by years.  She grows by leaps and [...]

Happy 1 Year Family Day! 12

Seriously?!  Has it been a year? It’s so hard to believe that 12 months ago today we became a forever family with this beautiful, funny and vivacious little girl.  Who knew that a year could be filled with so much emotion and go by so slow some days but yet be gone in the blink [...] Related Posts with Thumbnails