Happy Adoption Day!!!

Four years ago today, a precious little almost-9 month old baby girl was placed in our arms for the first time. We soon learned that she was a very active and energetic child, and she remains that way even now. She is such a blessing!



This morning, as we were talking about the reason today is special, I used the term Gotcha Day. Mary Joyce really didn't understand it, so I told her if she didn't like that word, we could call it Family Day or Adoption Day. She told me that she likes "Adoption Day," so "Adoption Day" it is!



We kept the celebrating kind of low-key. We went to lunch at McDonald's and invited one of Mary Joyce's school friends and his family along. Unfortunately, I left the camera in the car until late in the action, so I didn't get any shots with all of the kids. I got a couple of cute ones of the girls, though.





And a related funny...

All 3 kids were in the church nursery last night while I was at a Church Council meeting. Mary Joyce was pretending her flip-flop was an airplane. Miss Alesha asked Mary Joyce if she had ever been in an airplane, and Mary Joyce said, "Yes, when I came from China." Then she asked Mary Joyce if Katherine and Malcom had been on an airplane, and Mary Joyce answered, "No, they came from the hospital."

And here are a couple of bonus pictures...

Look Who's Walking!!!

"Mama, come here and see this..."

"...it's his cage!"

(What girl with a little brother hasn't dreamed of putting him in a cage at some point?)

And because Malcom got his picture made, the girls had to make a cage for themselves, just for the photo op...

Random Photo Thread

Look who is turning into a little climber, much to his Mama's chagrin.


Malcom is finally big enough to really ride on his rocking tractor. His feet don't reach, but he can make it rock anyway.


The girls had to have a family photo for their preschool classes, so we had a friend make one at church last week.


Ice Cream!


Malcom is actually starting to draw lines and squiggles on the paper instead of eating the crayons or banging them very noisily on the paper...