Planning a Party

Can you guess the theme of a certain soon to be 3 year old's party? It is still three weeks away....but I thought I should get the invitations in the mail....I love Birthday Parties!

A Successful Step...

Today was the first day we were successful leaving Miah in the church Sunday School class. She has been going to this class each week for a year now, but one of us has always stayed with her. We have tried on a few occasions to leave, but the tears quickly developed and we were paged to return to the class after about 10 minutes.


We have left her a couple of times with Grandma and Grandpa, which was fine and once with a babysitter (her sisters were with her so she felt comfortable). I started talking yesterday about how she would stay in the class by herself and that mommy would come back when she was finished playing. It was the first thing she talked about this morning and seemed pretty keen on the idea of going "my self." However, when it was time for me to leave the changed her mind and started crying that "Mommy stay." I told her I would be back, passed her over to the volunteer and then left the room. There is a one way window into the class so I was able to observe her. She cried for about 5 minutes and then slowly made her way over to where the action was and then actively participated! She stayed by herself for 45 minutes! I was so proud of her!


I do hope that this is a sign that we are on the right track in regards to attachment. I hope and pray that she is starting to trust us and feels confident that we will come back to get her. I think somedays she is torn between being a typical (almost ) three year old who wants to gain Independence and "do it myself" and the scared child who worries about people leaving her never to be seen again.



Miah is loving her backyard play pool. She is not afraid of the water (making Mommy nervous) and dives right in.

A Blessing Beyond Measure

Today is Miah's 1st Gotcha Day Anniversary. She has blessed our family in so many ways. We didn't even know how much we needed her until she came home. But God knew. She blesses us daily with her kisses, smiles, hugs and charm. I love to look into those dark eyes that captivate me and fall deeper in love with her everyday.

Tonight we went out for "China noodles" as Miah would say and had coconut ice cream for dessert. Miah thought it was great to eat ice cream with chop sticks...not all that successful, but apparently fun to try.

Almost 1 year

Tomorrow will be our one year anniversary of Gotcha Day. Tomorrow I will post a one year update, but for tonight I thought I would re-post Miah adoption video to remind us of where we have been....and how far Miah has come.

Summer Fun

Happy Canada Day

Today was special for us as we got to celebrate our first Canada Day with Miah as a new Canadian citizen! We headed off to Vernon to meet up at the park with Grandma and Papa. The girls had fun getting their faces painted, bouncing in the bounce house, making crafts and eating some treats along the way! Miah even attracted the attention of the local news crew...lets just say I hope their footage doesn't get aired tonight on the nightly news. I am really not the ideal candidate for unexpected interview.