Happy Adoption Day Carli!

It was 4 years ago today that Carli ChunMei became a Knopf!

We all went out to Touch of Asia for dinner and of course read the adoption book before bed! Carli is such a sweet little girl and we can't imagine our family without her!

Carli now..................

Carli then............

Carli's foster mama bringing her in the conference room to meet her new family!

She looked like a marshmellow in her layers of winter clothes....we thought she was chubby until we peeled off the layers to find this very tiny skinny body.

I love you baby girl and I am your mommy forever!

already giggling with her family within one hour of meeting us!

Dear Carli,

I remember when your foster mom carried you off the elevator how you smiled and giggled at us as we were walking behind you. I remember the feeling I had as I watched the sadness on your foster mama's face (you had touched her heart too). I so wanted to make a connection with her at that moment. As we sat with the translator and I was asking her ?s, I asked if you liked animals. Her answer was that you loved turtles. I started crying and told her that our family loved turtles too. I let her know that we spent the past two summers rescuing them out of the roads and that your brother and sister made a turtle house under our swingset, kept them all summer then let them go to hibernate for the winter. She laughed and grabbed my hand. I sensed her peace at that time. I loved how God used something as silly as turtles to connect us at that moment. I call those confirmations kisses from the king. Those small things that God does to give us peace that we are in the exact place we are supposed to be right then. What a great feeling!

I love you,

Mom