Tuesday, May 12, 2009

One Year Ago...

One year ago today I received the most precious gift of all, a daughter. I prayed and dreamed of this moment for many years and was filled with so much emotion as Mylee was placed in my arms for the very first time. I have only had that feeling three other times in my life, when Blake, Emma, and Gabe were placed in my arms the very first time. Mylee has been such a joy and blessing to our family. She has touched so many people since she has been here. It is hard to believe that she has only been with us for a year. But at the same time, it is hard to remember what our family and life was like before Mylee.

Mylee is...happy, funny, silly, stubborn, beautiful, loving, caring, smart, sweet, persistent, tiny, determined, feisty, a sister, a daughter, a cousin, a niece, a granddaughter, a friend, Mylee is family. There are alot of ways to describe Mylee, but the most important descriptive word is FAMILY.

I will leave you today with a video montage of our time in China beginning with the moment she was placed in my arms. Over the next few days I plan to reminisce about our time in China and how Mylee has blossomed over the past year.



6 comments:

Shelly and Family said...

Happy One Year FAMILY FOREVER Day! I just loved seeing the video...it takes me back to when our two were placed into my arms (sigh)...

Sending some HUGS your way as you reflct and remember...

TanyaLea said...

Happy Family Forever Day! That was such a beautiful video, Mandi! It brought tears to my eyes!! God is so good...and soon you will experience that again with little Drew!

Blessings for a WONDERFUL day!! <><
~Tanya

Tara said...

Can you belive it's been a year already???

Kathy said...

What a beautiful video ! Thank you for sharing it.

Cheri said...

Great job on the video! Hope you all had a great day!

living4him5 said...

WOW! Brings back memories!! I remember sitting exactly where you were sitting waiting in Nanjing for my Linzhi... Goosebumps!!!

Hugs,
Amy