A year ago

Just one short year ago yesterday in a court room on the other side of the world, Steve and I were named Andrei's parents. Looking back it is hard to believe he's only been part of our family for a year yet so much has happened in that year it's hard to believe it's only been a year. We didn't initially believe everyone when the said that the pain of the wait would go away with time but it does. It's really hard to remember back to those days of anxiously waiting for any type of news.

There are plenty of new challenges, especially to new parents of a 2 1/2 year old boy, but we are thrilled to take them on. Andrei is really turning into his own little person with his own ideas.

We spent our one year anniversay with a quiet day at home, just the three of us, decorating the house for Christmas with a "big, big, tree with balls" and "big, big, socks" which Andrei proceeded to try on his little feet.

So here is one picture from last year and another from this weekend just to see the wonderful transformation in our little guy.