Ok, seriously.....have you ever seen anything cuter than this? We have been looking back over our last few years and were totally amazed at the cuteness of our children. I know, I know that is a little bragging but just look!
We have just celebrated 8 yrs with our sweet little Ellie. Her adoption really changed the whole course of our lives. She is smart, strong, full of energy, shy at times, loud at times but kind and gentle. She taught DonLi most everything he knows and then MeiLi as well. She has become the solid friend and sister that Katy so desperately needed. She is a true blessing to all of us.
Moving onto our now 13 year old son, Samuel. His birthday happens to be on Ellie's Gotcha Day. We think about that. When we were in China getting Ellie 8 years ago Sam was still with his biological family. Somewhere between 5 and 6 he was left on his own and went to live in an orphanage until we adopted him 5 yrs later. Well he isn't an orphan anymore but does suffer from the hard life he had along the way and that is why this crazy family got him a Golden Retriever puppy for his birthday. Now if you were just kind of wondering if we were crazy this will seal the deal. We will bring the puppy home on Dec. 5th. Just in time for her to chew the Christmas Tree down and unwrap every gift under the tree. Samuel is very excited. Our hopes are that he can have a wonderful new best friend to play with and train. To love and be loved by. To run, walk, and play countless hours of fetch with.....and of course to pick up millions of pounds of dog poop in the back yard.
Samuel is so kind and special. I asked Scott the other day how in the world can we love this boy who came into our lives at 11 yrs old. We didn't speak the same language, we were strangers, and we were from two totally different cultures. His answer to me was.....Easy. And you know what? It is easy to love him. Life isn't always easy with him, but the love is there and he knows it.
That brings me to another boy that we have become really fond of. He lives in the same place as Sam and Katy but he has the same cranial deformity as MeiLi and amazingly we think he looks like DonLi. No he isn't going to be our son but we want so badly to find him a family that can love him like we love Sam. He is 11 yrs old. We have met him and he is very sweet. If you are at all interested or might know someone who is please let me know. We are praying for his family to be found. They are out there I just know it.
A blog wouldn't be complete without a story about Katy. Oh, my is she learning and growing more precious every day. She has come a million miles in school so far. Her reading amazes me as well as her understanding. Just about the time I think she is really getting it she will say something like tonight. I told her to eat her food and she responded, "Can I just eat the fish?" "I don't want to eat the grass." Well, Katy it is called salad or lettuce and ok you don't have to eat it.
