Family Day/Gotcha Day is the day adoptive families officially become a family. We have three days to choose from - March 14th- court day and when were officially declared Livi’s parents. March 21st the day we were able to pick her up from the orphanage and March 30th the day we came home. All three days are equally special but I tend to focus on the day we came home for some reason. Maybe its because John would say that he would breathe easy once our plane landed in the good ole USA and that we were all safely home. To me March 30th... more

Where does the time go? Really this past year has gone by so fast. Today is our first Metcha day Anniversary.It’s been an exciting year full of changes and adjustments. I remember fondly being in Siberia this time last year. We had just sleepy eyed departed a plane in the middle of the coldest weather in recent Siberian history. We walked down the plane stairs and across the frigid snowy airfield and into the old terminal (If you could call it that). We waited for our translator who arrived a little late and made us very nervous. We were told that within a... more

So every Thursday I will post a personal picture and tell the story behind it and why I love it. I gives you all a clip art break and I have hundreds of pictures so we have many "Love Thursdays" to look forward to. I decided to start with my favorite adoption trip pictures since this is an adoption blog. While I was going through the "wait" and paperwork process I loved coming across blogs with pictures of new families. It gave me hope that one day I too would have my own pictures to share.

This picture was taken on our flight out of... more