One year ago today, our precious baby was placed in our arms. Finally, after more than 2 and a half years of (sometimes not so patient) waiting, there she was. Most of the babies in our group cried some and then settled in, but Kenli made up for them all. She thrashed and screamed and cried all the way back to the hotel. She was pitiful, terrified and overwhelmed. It was the first time she had been outside of the orphanage, she had a 4 hour van ride to get to the Civil Affairs Office. Then she was handed off to what had to be the strangest looking and sounding creatures she had seen in her 13 months.
Here we are a year later, and loving every minute of it. We spent the day together as a family, playing, carving our halloween pumpkin, and looking at pictures of our trip to China. We gave Kenli her "Gotcha Day" gifts, a DVD we bought in China for her and a huge ladybug bank. It was a great day.
