Well Hello March and 14 Years Together!

Hello March!

It feels like thunderstorms are on the way.

Yes, I should be a weather forecaster!
Look what it was like 14 years ago in Hong Kong!

The warm weather today reminds me of what it was like so many years ago

in the People's Republic of China!

It was warm and humid (as you can tell from my curly hair).

Such a special day for our family  ---

we finally met our sweet baby girl Maddy Mei.

Sometimes called Gotcha Day and

also known as Family Day marks the day 

when Maddy joined our family.
We already loved her from the photos we received earlier,
but meeting her in person was so special.

Such chaos going on all around us, but all we could

see was our beautiful girl.

Happy 14th Family Day!

13 Years -- Lucky 13!

Thirteen years ago this month we were so blessed to meet and

bring home our most adorable daughter!

It was an amazing, fun and exhausting 

trip to China to meet our sweet Maddy Mei.

Part of her Chinese name is Mei so we kept that

for her middle name!

She was much smaller than I anticipated at 14 months old.  Since we had received

photos of her standing, I assumed she would be walking, but

that was not the case.  

She was a speedy little crawler though and

moved on to walking and running fast once we were home!

Traveling to China is a trip of a lifetime --

meeting and bringing home a daughter is beyond amazing and wonderful and life-changing!

Our family has been truly blessed with our sweet Maddy.

Red Couch Photo -- some of her travel-mates were upset, but
Maddy blocked out the chaos with her hands up around her face  -
something she did quite often for a few weeks.

Her Smile makes me smile. 

Her laugh is infectious. 

Her heart is pure and true. 

Above all I love that 

she is my daughter!