Gotcha Day, March 20, 2006.



This picture was taken only minutes before we met her.
We will be forever grateful to Cathy (someone we had met just the night earlier), for getting out of her taxi as she was leaving the hotel, because she noticed the children being rushed in to the hotel lobby. She was able to give us such a treasured gift in this picture.
It seems like forever-ago. But the day will always be etched in my mind, and so near to my heart, that it also seems like just yesterday.
Our sweet baby girl.


Scott updated his iMovies application for Apple, and used our Gotcha Day video to experiment with. The video can be viewed much bigger now. I thought I would showcase it here for anyone that had not seen it before. It still brings tears to my eyes.

Gotcha Day revisited.

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This photo was just too damn cute to pass up without putting it on the blog. It was taken with the new iPhone. Scott is the only one that's played with it so far, but it seems to take fairly decent photos. Who could say no to that face?


Here are a few activity photos from the iPhone that I think are just adorable.
Nothing better than a can full of nuts for rhythm and beat.





And lastly, a Friday afternoon. Visiting Daddy's work.

I really thought I could handle the long wait for Melody. I had a really difficult time waiting for Cadence after the first 6 months, because we were, for all practical purposes, supposed to get her after a 6 month wait for her, after we were DTC (Documents to China). I attributed that to the fact that, indeed, the wait was longer than expected by another 4 months, and it dragged on after the 6th month because of that. This was unexpected.
Waiting for Melody was not unexpected. We actually expected at the beginning, to wait around 24 months after DTC for her. We were told by our agency to expect it. Currently, we've been waiting for 5 months now, for Melody. It seems like forever already. I was prepared for the long wait, but today, for the first time, I felt like I missed her. The same way I felt about Cady after 6 months.
I'd like to think that there's a mystical answer for that. I'd like to think that I miss her because she's already born and there's an unexplainable pull toward her because of that. I don't think she's born yet though. I think it's just me missing a baby sister for Cadence.
We talk about Melody to Cady a lot. That might, or might not be healthy for her. It's obviously very good for her to be a part of the experience toward her baby sister, but did we start too soon? What does she think about having a baby sister that really does not exist yet, and will not exist for so long a time? How can she process that? When someone asks her, she says that Melody is in China, and isn't born yet, and we are going to China to get her. Then she talks about how she's going to surprise melody and hug her and bring her a blankie when we go to China. She thinks that the same nanny that cared for her is also caring for her baby sister. She says already loves her. Is that possible?
I miss the whole baby sister thing that we haven't even experienced yet. I wonder if Cady does too? But then I wonder how she can miss something that she hasn't experienced yet? By the time we get Melody, Cady will be (in her own mind) her bigger sister for at least two years already.