To our amazement, we just celebrated 6 months of Anna's time in our home on March 15th, 2007. It's incredible how quickly the time passes!
Here are some highlights of the past 6 months:
Here are some highlights of the past 6 months:
- March 15th, 2007 - enjoyed a special family meal out at a Lebanese restaurant to celebrate 6 months of Anna's being at home with us
- March 19, 2007 - we applied for a new birth certificate with our names as Anna's parents
- March 17, 2007 - dropped off the paperwork to classify Anna as an immediate relative so that she can immigrate to the USA with us
- February 27, 2007 - we went to court to finalize the adoption. The judge said "Yes!"
- February 17, 2007 - celebrated her 2nd birthday with friends at the Seminary
- December 25, 2006 - enjoyed our first Christmas together as a family and a visit from Nana and Paw Paw Thomas (Matt's parents)
- November 2006 - attended the TeachOverseas Thanksgiving Retreat together, her first Thanksgiving Dinner!
- October 2006 - dressed up as an adorable bumble bee for her first Halloween
It's such a delight to see all the ways that Anna is growing and changing. She's moved from size 12 month clothing to 18 month, size 3 to size 6 shoes, 75 to 80cm, and lots more...
She is able to walk, run, dance, climb up on chairs and up and down stairs, sing several songs (in her own baby language), speak tons of words and a few phrases, understand much of what we say, and carry on long phone "conversations"...
She loves music, food, taking a bath, everyone at the seminary, going for walks, wearing pretty clothes (she is very fashion conscious!), trying on Mom and Dad's shoes and gloves, swimming, and the Psalty videos...
We feel so fortunate that we get to be Anna's parents!
