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One year ago….
(Little Princess’ First Picture – she was 4.5 months old)
(Little Man’s First Picture – he was 4.5 months as well!)
Has it really been a year since we received that e-mail that changed our lives? We had accepted the twins referral back in April unofficially, officially in early July and then waited….and waited. We would sign whatever they sent us and worried that the day would never come that we would be allowed to go to South Korea and pick them up. September 30, 2008 I got an e-mail that I could not believe at all….when you are ready, they are ready. There were a few e-mails back and forth as I could not believe this was really happening and a ton of tears. The day we had been waiting for had finally came.
It would take a week to get everything in place to leave. I remember the mess with getting the plane tickets and wrapping everything up at work to be gone for what was supposed to be three months, setting up our stay at the Guest House and the nerves, oh the nerves. There were so many what ifs. I remember agonizing over what to pack for our two babies (we had NO clothes that actually fit when we got there – they were so much smaller than we imagined)
Had you asked me a year ago what today would look like I would have never answered that it would consist of a love note from my husband when I woke up, a diaper that had exploded EVERYWHERE, and dancing with my kids after Playhouse Disney was over with no sign of legal work anywhere.
So bear with me over the next week or so (it may end up lasting part of the month as we look back at the last year) and today as you can tell I am going to post all the pictures we received of the twins before we traveled! And if I have a post from a year ago that talks about what I am talking about on that day I will link it and the words it is linked to are bold and underlined)
(In the red chair – they are 7 months old here and this is my favorite picture from before they came home!)
(More red chair – they are 10 months old here)
(And the last picture we received – they were 13 months old here)
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OMGosh I could seriously pinch their little cheeks! I am so glad you have them home with you. You are a GREAT mama!!
Awww…what a fabulous story. Bet that year went by mighty fast.
What an emotional week this must be for you. I can’t believe you were on pins and needles from May – Sept! What anxiety that must cause! And now you have these precious two to care for!
They’re beautiful!
awww – i love looking back! share as much as you want!!!
our sweet precious grandchildren. Oh, how we love them from the first picture to their active little selves.
This year has gone by amazingly fast. We went from 1 granddaughter in April 2008 to 4 grandchildren by May 2009.
I remember this time last year so well (for many of us!). I love seeing all of the pictures together!
How they have grown!!!!!!!!
Congratulations on your upcoming Family Day!!! I still can’t believe we missed eachother by 3 days.
I love that you have so many pictures of them in the “red” chair.
It’s amazing what can happen in a span of a year. Your two little ones are so perfect. I could look at pics of them all day (definately not allowed to do that though.)