photos above: K & O, January 2006 (one year home) ~~ O & K, January 2012 (seven years home)
We’re taking a blog break for a few days while we celebrate our Adoption Day.
January 31, 2005 we met these two Haitian Sensations in person for the first time. It was the best day of my life. They made me a mother. And they made me a much better person in so many, many ways.
We did a lot of work in those early months of being a new family. And we still do. Attachment did (and does) not always come easy for us four. There have been, and continue to be, many bumps on our road. But we would not trade our adoptive family for anything. Adopting Kyle and Owen was the #1 best thing that Braydon and I have ever done with our lives. Words cannot do it justice.
I get emotional this time of year. You’d think you’d start to harden up to it all. But no, not me. Our story never ceases to bring me to tears, and the early memories of our time together has a relentless way of making me weepy. We celebrate our Adoption Day each year in a big way. We will blog again in a few days, post-celebration!
Happy adoption day! I love the books you created for the boys. Wonderful!
We just got approved for adoption on Wednesday so we’re in that state of waiting and not knowing what lies ahead. We’re doing an adoption from the public system in Ontario so we could have a placement quickly and out of the blue. We’re excited. It’s great to read about your experience. Can you eleborate more on what you mean by the attachment issues you still deal with? I’d love to know more about that.
Enjoy your adoption celebrations.
Happy Adoption Day in advance!! Enjoy your days celebrating exactly the way you should – it is a wonderful thing and needs to be marked and celebrated! Oh my, Kyle and Owen look so handsome in your recent pic, and that toddler photo is the cutest thing!!
– Kate
Enjoy your Adoption Day!
Love on your babies Heather!!!
Blessings ,
Rose Anne
Happy adoption day! Those boys get more handsome by the day!