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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Now and then-ADOPTION DAY ANNIVERSARY

Random pictures from a year ago, and the last couple of days.

Posts from last year:

24th http://ukiestoniamomto8.blogspot.com/2008/06/zen-baby.html
25th http://ukiestoniamomto8.blogspot.com/2008/06/we-are-proud-to-announce.html


Daddy walking Amanda out of our apartment in Tallinn on adoption day. She was frightened poor baby.
The courtroom in Tallinn, Tom and I sat on the left, Tom was holding his Amanda in his lap. I remember vividly when Igor told us he already saw a change in Amanda. Maybe she knew she finally had a family of her own.

First thing this morning, after breakfast of course :o) Amanda is not happy until she has had her food. LOL

Amanda does not like getting her picture taken, in fact, most of the time she either ducks her head or turns away from me. Little stinker, this morning she was so happy, giggly, hugging us, think she knew it has been a year since we adopted her?

Amanda in the van waiting for Tom to fill out his embassy paperwork, he was leaving the next morning to America.

Outside after a day in the pool. Her hair is even white that it was now, all that sun.

Such a stinker, I took so many picture of her trying to get her to smile.

Getting in her pool, hard to keep her out of it.

What a face, she is such a funny little girl!


Our beautiful and complex little girl, she has come a long way, but has a ways to go to catch up. We are very proud to call her ours.

7 comments:

GoldenAngelsWorks said...

Such a beauty!!!

Kelly said...

LOVE her hair! She always looks like such a character! LOL

Cammie Heflin said...

She is so gorgeous, I love that white blonde hair!

Anonymous said...

Hey, did you ever get your rocking worm or something similar? I saw this on ebay and thought of you: http://cgi.ebay.com/Little-Tikes-Rocking-Horse-Tykes-Child-Size-HTF_W0QQitemZ290325533170QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item4398c011f2&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=65%3A12%7C66%3A2%7C39%3A1%7C72%3A1205%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A0%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50 I think little tikes also has a rocking whale that is for outside use. Good luck!

Katie

Carla said...

I love all of the pictures and it is hard to believe it has already been a year (even though Kristina has already been home 6 months).

Erin said...

Hi there,

Your posts are so entertaining! I enjoy watching the girls grow up! My name is Erin, and I am a college student with mild cerebral palsy. I’m a special education major and have hopes of becoming a disability services director of a university after graduate school. I have just launched a blog that is still getting started, but with the title “Empowering People and Changing Lives,” I hope that it will provide a wealth of resources for people who care for children, specifically those who are affected by disability. I will also be chronicling some personal experiences and will be sharing some thoughts about those along the way. Your blog has also been included in my blogroll, so I hope that together, we are able to collaborate to provide resources to those who are in similar situations. The blog’s address is http://empowerpeoplechangelives.blogspot.com. From there, you will be able to read the posts I have written, find out all about me, check out my blogroll, eventually look at many resources I have gathered, and contact me.

Look forward to reading many more of your posts! Happy blogging!

Stephanie said...

I LOVE the last picture of her, she is so pretty!!!

My three little girls

My three little girls
Finally got all three to smile at once