In October our friends came to town for the Texas/OU football game. Shawn and Alyssa met up with us for lunch at Pei Wei and then we went to a paint your own pottery place. Shawn and Alan adopted Alyssa shortly after we adopted Nadia and we met them during the very long wait. We have gone to China camp with them and when they come to Texas we try to connect.

Look how cute!!!

A couple weeks later I picked up the pottery and shipped Alyssa’s cupcake to her. All the girls did a great job.

Dani was very excited about her Gotcha Day gift of Sophia the First toys. We had co-op and Bible Study in the morning then came home for Dani to get a nap. That night she picked Rosa’s for tacos and Sweet Frog for frozen yogurt.

Dani likes to watch the tortilla machine.

Fun frozen yogurt creation Mike made and then shared all the cookies with us.

Two years with Dani!!! Our adorable and feisty girl!

Meeting Dani 3.2.2014

After Dani let us change her diaper and her clothes because she had calmed down a bit.

1 year with Dani!

Amelie wanted this Hello Kitty School bus so bad for Christmas, but saved it for her Gotcha Day gift. It was cute to see how excited she was.

We went to church in the morning so I asked my friend Kara to snap a photo.

Amelie wanted to go to a Korean restaurant called Namoo for her Gotcha Day dinner, but we didn’t know they were closed on Sunday. She she asked for Cotton Patch and we headed over for tasty food.

After Cotton Patch we went for frozen yogurt at Sweet Frog. Happy Gotcha Day Amelie – we love you!

We celebrated Nadia’s 8th Gotcha Day by having lunch at Freebirds! We also had art camp that morning and she still wanted to go to Taekwondo that night. She was very excited about the amazing history of Batman book that we gave her. We love this girl so much!!

We ate breakfast at the hotel and dropped all the big girls off at China Camp for Day 2 then headed out with Dani. Near the church where camp is held there is a dentist office with a train out front so we stopped for her to play. It was really cute and she had a great time.

After the train we went to try out Andy’s Frozen Custard and it was amazing!! Then we took Dani back to the hotel lunch and a nap so we could pick the girls up later.

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It’s super cute out Dani tries to join in with the big girls. Once back at the hotel it was time for some swimming.

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After swimming for a while we went back to the room so the girls could shower and be ready for their aunt and cousins to come down from MO to play We went to Smash Burger for dinner and then back to Andy’s Custard for dessert.

I love this photo so much!!

Amelie wanted them to pretend to be monsters. Too bad her cousins are no fun at all

They played many games of “Minion Memory” and colored.

Amelie, Gwen, Jade, Dani, Nadia

Amelie’s silly face request!

It was such a fun day and so nice for Sharon, Gwen, Jade and Karsten to come down and see us. We love you guys!!

This photo is actually from the hotel the night before camp. Bill brought Reagan by when they got to the hotel so the girls could see each other before going to sleep.

Rieley, Amelie and Nadia at the hotel for breakfast before day 1 started.

The opening ceremony lion dance.

The girls all came to our room to play after camp and before dinner. They told us that they had fun and that there were lots of teen counselors this year. Mike and I enjoyed our one on one time with Dani. We wandered around the mall, Target and had lunch. Then we brought Dani back to the hotel for a nap before we had to pick up her big sisters.

They humored me for a group photo before dinner. It was a great first day of China Camp.

Dani is too little to know what Gotcha Day means, but we celebrate anyway, especially because the big girls love it too. We went to Cotton Patch for dinner and the waitress gave the girls Oreos for dessert which is fitting since we always eat Oreos by the pounds on our China trip

After opening her gift of new Doc McStuffins jammies, I asked her to let me take a photo. She thought she was so funny and just kept winking.

At bedtime she was all smiles for the camera. We love you Dani!!!

We adopted Amelie on Valentine’s Day in 2011. It’s hard to believe it’s been 4 years and she has grown so much! I asked her what she wanted to celebrate and she said donuts and Freebirds. Sounded great to us so after swim school we picked up the donuts before the shop closed and went to Freebirds for lunch. After lunch we ate the donuts at home and her gift was a Cowgirl Belt Buckle with lots of bling!

We love you Amelie!!

Dani on her first night with us. March 2, 2014

Dani with us 1 week. March 9, 2014.

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We love you Dani! You have brought so much joy to our family!