What a privilege it has been to watch our baby grow into a little girl.
The first thing we noticed when she was placed in my arms was how observant she is. She watched everything that was happening around her. She still notices and remembers every little thing. She is great at sharing, loves to help people, has great empathy when others are upset or hurt and has a huge heart. She is and always will be our little love.
We didn't expand our family by just one though. An unexpected benefit of having shared our adoption experience with a group is that they are now part of our extended family. The girls are a tie back to each others' life in China... before they joined their Forever Families. And their parents are a great support group for us!
Happy Forever Family Day Maevey! Women ai ni. (We love you.)
Happy Forever Family Day to the Xinyu sisterhood! We love you and miss you.
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Maeve with her Foster Mama.jpg)
Gotcha!.jpg)
Our first smile...almost..jpg)
Our first family photo..jpg)
A royal photo for Queen Maeve..jpg)
Our first anniversary, this time last year..jpg)
Frolicking in the fall leaves last October.JPG)
February 5, 2009.JPG)
The Happy Family.JPG)
Double Kisses
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It's been wonderful to see Maeve grow (in pictures) from a baby to a beautiful big girl with her wonderful family's guidance and love. Now if I only I could see her in this person. I'm hoping this is the year ...
Happy anniversary to our amazing travel mates and Claire's sweet foster sister!
Love Monica, Paul and Claire
Happy Forever Family Day!
Where have the past two years gone?! We've loved watching Maeve grow through your blog and emails and have our fingers crossed for an in-person visit with beautiful Queen Maeve (and her mama and baba) this year, too!
Love,
Rae, Girard and Bryn
Beautiful photos. Happy Family Day to you too! I share your thoughts about how blessed we are to have our girls, and our extended group as well. We lucked out!
Enjoy your night together.
Love Shea and Caia
triple kisses from the aunty and cousins in Halifax! those are such beautiful reminders of our darling Maeve's joining our families!
you three look so delightful! downloading these photos for my background!
love,
c,d,a
one more thing!! did you notice how her smiles grow, as the years pass?
what a happy girl!
xxx
c,d,a
Happy Anniversary from us too! It does just seem like yesterday that we walked into that lobby and saw those little faces. We feel privileged to have shared it with you and to continue sharing in your adventure. Thanks for the photos - always a thrill to see everyone. Hugs form us.
Hey! You added new photos! LOVE the last one with Queen Maeve and her royal subjects. It looks like you had a happy day.
Great post, Kath.
Wow, it's always amazing to see how much the girls have changed. Maeve has sure grown into a beautiful little girl.
We are forever tied together. Like you, we are so happy to have that connection. We've appreciated all the blog updates, emails and especially your visit last summer.
xoxo
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