Six months...

March 2009 September 2009

ago yesterday we became a family. It has been a long and short six months with so many trials and tribulations. Annie has grown so much and come such a long way. It is amazing to think that six months ago, she couldn't sit up by herself and now she is chasing us down the hall. The photos of then and now are so very different. I won't say that the transition to becoming a parent wasn't a challenging one and that Annie's transition to accepting us as her parents is complete but we are getting there. I feel as though I can breathe a little better now. Shawn took to being a Daddy like a duck to water and enjoys every minute. He and Annie have a beautiful relationship - they adore one another.

We are sitting and watching the DVD which was made for us of our trip to China, for the first time. I am happy to say that we aren't in it much (we were exhausted and sick) but the videographer did a wonderful job of capturing all of the sites we visited. A walk down memory lane. When we were there, it was hard to focus on anything other than Annie so seeing all of the adventures we went on as well as the people we travelled with is super. Even though at the time, it felt like the videographer was in our space, I am so pleased to have this DVD of our trip. Thanks to Yulin our FOI facilitator for everything she did for us, including having this DVD made. Here's to many more years of family life together!!!!! And no, we aren't going to adopt again, Annie is our one and only!! We are so thrilled to have her.