The first thing I want to mention is this outfit. I bought this at the Children’s Place outlet a few days before we got Nadia’s referral. My best friend Jess was here visiting for the baby shower and we were shopping together. It now fits Nadia and so I decided to put it on her for the picnic. I teared up a little thinking about how Jess was with me when I bought it and we KNEW that we would be seeing Nadia’s face soon. Very sweet to finally see her in it. You can click the photo to see the whole slideshow.
This weekend was busy, but very fun. (We have photos from Mike’s camera, but they haven’t been uploaded yet) On Saturday morning we had our church picnic and we invited the KIDS HOPE kids. Quite a few showed up and I was able to meet some of the parents which was great. The mother of the boy I mentor brought him and his brothers and we all had a great time. I started mentoring this little boy in January 2007 and we have formed a great bond. Here we are:
Nadia had a great time at the picnic walking all around exploring with Mike. Lots of the little girls at church who love Nadia held her for a bit and tried to play with her, but she was more interested in checking out the leaves on the ground and riding the horse on the playground. She got tons and tons of compliments on her hat. Nadia proceeded to pass out in the car on the way home after a full day of adventures.
Then at 5:30 pm Grandpa Greg, Grandma Brooke and Aunt Bayli showed up for a whirlwind visit. Grammie came over and we all enjoyed watching Nadia be her entertaining self. They hadn’t seen Nadia since Thanksgiving and a lot has changed with her, especially her vocabulary. We had dinner and it was a nice peaceful night. On Sunday morning we got up and met Roger, Paula and Grammie at Bayley’s for breakfast. The Houston gang headed home right after that and we relaxed the rest of the day because it was such a long week for us.
Nadia and Grandpa Greg.
And the silly girl this afternoon.
