Saturday, October 24, 2009

One Year Ago Today ...

Ellie landed in the United States, became a US citizen and was welcomed home by friends and family at the airport. To relive this sweet, sweet time, the post is here and here. Hasn't she changed a lot since that first day home? I'll never forget thinking that if I could just make it home, Kevin could take over and I could sleep. Somehow, it never occurred to me that she wouldn't know Kevin and wouldn't let him take care of her. HA!


Today, I got to "celebrate" the day with my three favorite people -- Kevin, Josh and Ellie -- at the football field and then at the basketball game. Never mind that we lost the first round play-offs in football or lost our scrimmage in basketball, it was a great day!

We're having pizza and a movie tonight to end a perfect family day!

We had some outside fun this afternoon when we got home. Sadly my good camera's battery was dead so a lot of the cute pix I took were not very clear. Josh tried on his Halloween costume to help Ellie start to get used to it. Funny thing is: she's not nearly so scare of his gorilla costume as she is his radio controlled cars. She freaks out everytime Josh plays with them. Go figure.


I love this stage in her life. She is inquisitive:

Interested in everything because it's all new to her:

Constantly "on the go" -- which is why a large portion of my pictures look like this:

And occasionally even ... HAPPY!!! Look at this face -- how can I not know that God blessed our family beyond measure when He allowed us to be her family??? Fun times!

6 comments:

Rachel said...

She just gets cuter all the time! So glad you're here Ellie!!

Jeanne said...

Happy Homecoming Anniversary!

Lori said...

Yeah--if that last picture isn't one of pure glee, I don't know what is!

Jackie said...

Love that last picture. Happy one year home, Ellie!

Kelli said...

Happy homecoming anniversary! She is just as cute then as she is now!

Kimberly said...

Wow - where does a year go! It just flies by! I can't believe how much she has grown and change! Happy one year anniversary! what a wonderful thing to celebrate!