Gotcha day plus one year

July 11, 2011 Jack and I went to China with Eve. Adley was placed in Eve's arms on this day and it was love from the first minute. She cried for the next hour. Eve did not know how to use bottles with the plastic inserts and Adley was not getting any formula for the first day. You need to push the air out of the bottle. She was seven months old and had not adjustment with us. Maybe a little shutdown. She was weak for her age. In the two weeks we were in China, she seemed to gain much of the delays back. We had her out of a crib and standing on her feet as verses her life in the orphanage. Three family's got three girls from the same orphanage. They were all healthy and well taken care. Today Claire, Leila and Adley are all joys.




















The first day with her family.




Adley today. A spunky girl. Wants to do everything herself. Has fabulous coordination. Holds her fork and pencil correctly. Has her own soccer ball and can throw it along with a tennis ball nicely. Runs everywhere. Copies everything people are doing. LOVES everyone and they love her. Maya and Holden's friends are all coming to play with her. Last night she played with a boy friend her age, Henry. She kept hugging him.




Leila and Claire today.