January 17, 2013

A Week of Milestones

What a week!  We have had so many milestones to celebrate this week.  Yesterday marked six months since we first held Helen in our arms:



Today marks one year since we received our referral from our adoption agency with the first pictures of Helen we ever saw:




Life is going just great right now.  As we mentioned before, we had a really hard time with the adjustment to our "new normal" after returning from China.  However, it now feels like the transitional time is complete and and we're loving our life as a family of five.  Helen is an incredible blessing to all of us, and these pictures speak for themselves: