This girl

Two days ago marked 9 years since we first got a snapshot of the sweet baby who was waiting in a Chinese orphanage to be our daughter.  There was no doubt in my mind that we were her parents.  It instantly felt like we had known her from day one. I can't even write this without getting choked up...

Alice is an amazing, smart, kind, & silly girl. I love her so much for the joy that she has brought into my life and for making me want to be the best mom I could possibly be.  She is modest and not a fan of getting her picture taken but I found this one from a little while back...she is beautiful.  A blog journaling our adoption of Alice is linked at the bottom of this page.