Sara's 2 year anniversary

Two years ago we were already in China and Ruth was home alone with my parents. Ruth's third grade class was following our daily itinerary that I left for them. My parents were taking care of the carpooling, soccer, and getting ready for Halloween.

After a few days in Beijing touring, we went to Nanchang to get Fu Jia Rui. When we arrived in Nanchang, we have only time to throw our luggage into the hotel and head to the Civil Affairs office where we would become a family of 4. It was warm there, and they kept the lights off to keep it from getting too hot. This time of year, all the buildings had already turned off their A/C's. We saw only babies, and watched as they were loving and with many tears on all sides delivered to their parents. We were told that Sara was running late and would be in soon, having come on a separate bus from another city then the babies. Then in came a woman with two young girls and a baby. I looked and asked if this was Sara. In their only photo we had of her, she had short hair...but then I noticed she was wearing the backpack that I has sent with the dragonfly sewn on it. I was wearing a matching dragonfly pin. She looked so scared.

After finishing the paperwork, we sat down and I showed her the magna-doodle and she began drawing pictures for me, and she was good at it.

We all traveled back to the hotel to get acquainted with our daughters. By that evening, and after a wonderful bubble bath, Sara was all smiles, writing in Chinese for me. You see her backpack behind her.