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One week more

Amelie has now been a member of our family 1 week more than she was an orphan.  Her adoption trip was an adventure and it took a while for her to learn to trust us and be a part of a family. But now we have a 3 year old joker on our hands who wants to do every.single.thing. her big sister does – whether she is allowed to or not! She loves to color, read books and do everything barefoot. It’s been so sweet to see her change so much in the last 20 months.

We love you Amelie!

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Christmas Eve 2010 – the last photo we received of Amelie before we traveled.

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Amelie in China on the day she was sworn in as a US Citizen.

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Amelie’s 2nd birthday – home 4 months.

Amelie's 3rd Birthday Party

Amelie’s 3rd birthday – home 16 months.

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On vacation at the beach in September 2012.

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5 years with Nadia!

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Nadia in China – July 2007

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June 2012

Oh sweet Nadia, what a delight you are! Five years ago you were placed in my arms and our lives have never been the same. God has blessed us so much by making you a part of our family. We love you so much!

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Valentine’s Day 2012

I know this post is a month late, but the photos are cute!

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I was REALLY excited about Valentines this year because of Amelie’s Gotcha Day Anniversary. I bought little gifts for the girls – 1 game to share “Uno Moo.” Then a Hello Kitty Pez dispenser for Amelie and a Yoda for Nadia. We also got a lot of stickers for Amelie and a Star Wars M&M dispenser. They were really excited.

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Getting Pez dispensers was apparently so exciting that they fell over.

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Nadia seeing the M&M Dispenser.

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That day we went to the gym and I went up to the school to mentor my little KIDS HOPE USA child. After the girls had a nap we went to dinner EARLY at Pei Wei and headed home to bake heart cookies. It was a wonderful day!

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