One year ago (yesterday) I held Maddie for the first time. In some ways I can remember it like it was yesterday, but in other ways it seems like she has always been a part of our lives. It has been such an amazing year getting to know her and watching her grow, we are so blessed to have her. Last night we celebrated with a homemade asian dinner and cupcakes. After dinner we all sat down to watch our adoption day video of the day I went to the orphanage to get Maddie. We had to wonder what was going through her mind as she watched it, she was very interested. When it came to the part where they put her in my arms and she cried (boy did she cry), Maddie laughed and said "Mommy, Mimi (her nickname for herself), waaaaaa" (imitating crying). At least she can laugh about it all now, a year ago she wasn't to happy to see me. But words can't express how I felt when I saw her.
