Happy Gotcha Day

Today we took the time to celebrate a special occasion in our lives.  We refer to it as "gotcha day".  The anniversary of the first time we met Grace, or the day we "got her".

July 10, 2012- Kaohsiung, Taiwan 

One year ago today we arrived in Taiwan.  I remember watching out the window as our plane descended on Taipei and falling instantly in love with the country that my daughter came from.  Our travels had taken us around the world and I will never forget the smell, and feel when we arrived in Kaohsiung.  We must have looked a sight, the two foreigners standing in the middle of the train station with people bustling about, not knowing where to go or what to do. We stood in the same spot afraid if we moved we would miss the people coming to pick us up.  I remember spotting Holly and Trena across the busy train station with itty bitty Grace in Holly's arms, My heart burst. There are no words to describe this moment in time. On July 10, 2012 we held Grace for the first time and it was the best feeling in the world.

Here we are a year later. A whole year has gone by and it has been such an amazing experience.  Wow,do we ever love our little girl.  She is full of joy, adventure and spitfire!  She knows how to keep us running there is never a dull moment around here!  Today we celebrated Grace, we celebrated the journey we are on, we celebrated God's plan, and provisions for our life.  Today we celebrated because our hearts are full!

July 10, 2013-  Canada

I am blown away by how blessed I am.  Happy "gotcha day" Grace.  You are so special and we are so thankful to have you as our daughter.