Today is the one year anniversary of our Gotcha Day (the day Isabella was placed in my arms in China). I can’t believe she’s been my baby girl for a whole year! God has been so good to us! She’s such a big girl now! We just went to the doctor last week and she is 35″ tall and 22 lbs./15 oz.

I dressed her up in her Gotcha Day outfit, complete with sandals and lead-painted “bear-bear” toy. She said, “Too big!” Perhaps she’ll finally fit it next year. I asked her if she remembered the room full of screaming babies in Hefei and she just laughed.

A year ago on Gotcha Day…Bella and the other Bengbu girls arrived at the CCAA office with their traveling nannies. It was almost time to hold my baby girl for the first time!

She didn’t cry at all! My Little Angel had found her Forever Family! I was sweating bullets, not only because of the anticipation of meeting my new daughter, but because there were a lot of bodies in the room with faux Chinese AC.

It wasn’t any cooler outside, but there was room to stretch her little legs after the long trip from Bengbu to Hefei. The others are heading back to the bus behind us with their little ones. What an amazing day it was for all of us!

We took this picture just before leaving for school this morning. Of course, getting her to cooperate made us even later than usual. BTW, Mommy has matching shoes. How cute is that? (Gag!)

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