Forever Family Day: May 6

It is difficult to comprehend, but May 6 marks one year since Isabel's embassy appointment, the day when she officially became our daughter...on paper and according to the law anyway. I say officially because she was our daughter in our hearts from the very first time we laid eyes on her picture when she was just eight days old. The ten months it took from the first viewing of her referral photos to her arrival home seemed long and at times very arduous, but now, time truly passes in the blink of an eye. Just yesterday she was a baby who couldn't walk or talk. Now she's a little girl who runs or walks on tiptoes most of the time and can put together two word sentences. Incomprehensible. I cannot remember a life without our dear girl. I know we used to be happy and laugh a lot, but we weren't this happy, and we didn't feel this much joy. So Happy Forever Family Day to us! We are so blessed.

Here is Isabel at the Marriott in Guatemala City just before we left for our embassy appointment.


Here we are after the embassy appointment, a family of three.