One Year Ago

One year ago today we saw this beautiful face for the first time.

Whether smiling or not this is still the most beautiful face I have ever seen.

New Friend

Sorry the music is a bit loud, we were having a dancing party prior to this and the stereo knob was behind the mirror.

This Was Worth The Wait

Last year at this time I was longing to know my child. I had been sure that we would be celebrating our referral with family over the holidays, but a few weeks before Christmas our first match fell though. It was a lonely Christmas, not to mention the two of us got snowed in on Christmas day. Now a year later we are a family of three, exactly how we were meant to be. I am still amazed by the way God knit our little family together. This was definitely worth the wait!

The one year old is almost as big as the three year old.

 

 

Liya got a sled for Christmas from my parents. As you can see Liya loved her sled and being out in the snow and cold. In fact, she loved it so much that she took the longest nap of her life (3 hours 10 minutes!, ordinary = 1 hour 20 minutes) afterward and even took her nap 1.5 hours earlier than usual.

Faceplant in the snow!

Having so much fun!

Wordless Wednesday

World AIDS Day

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Where's Frata?

Happy Birthday!

Our little girl turned one (a week and a day ago)! We had our first first birthday party at my family's house. I had planned on writing a bit more for this birthday blog, but alas, here are a few birthday photos instead.

This is a horrible photo. The cake looked better in person. Travis and I and my mom and sister modeled farm animals out of fondant. Lots of work but they were cute!

In case you were wondering, the sheep were my creation.

She pretty much only ate the cream cheese frosting.

Not a fan of the cold ice cream!

Cousin Charlotte enjoying her cake.