June 9th we celebrated the 2 years Onah and Marie have been home! It is really crazy how time goes by so quickly! Usually you hear people say, "it feels just like yesterday!" but in this case, it feels like SO long ago! I couldn't believe it had only been 2 years! Feels more like 3 or 4!
To see how far they have come in their development and growth it's hard to believe it's only been 2 years! As my dad says, I can remember not being able to understand a word they said! :)
It feels like they have always been apart of our family, and I guess really, they have! We just got to spend our first few years as a family separated by the ocean.
I was looking through an old SD card today and found these pictures. I was so excited to find them because we thought they had all been destroyed!
As you may know, while sitting on the beach distracted by the soccer game going on behind me, a huge wave surprised me, soaking me, and sweeping my camera into the ocean! A sweet Liberian boy chased my camera out in the water and brought it back to me, but we could not get it working again! So somehow I found these pictures today and was SO EXCITED!!!
Here's a few pictures I found of our first week with Onah and Marie...
Every day we would visit the orphanage at some point. While there Onah would never leave Matt's side! He was SUPER proud to show of "HIS daddy" to all his friends, and would get extremely jealous if Matt would spend time with the other kids. He was afraid we were going to leave without him too!
Brushing teeth! They were so fascinated that the water came straight out of the faucet! They liked turning it on and off, I think they also liked the bubble gum flavored toothpaste...that was a first :) (What...candy cleans your teeth?) haha
First mommy daughter mani-pedi :) I made sure I took all my polish to paint our nails as well as ALL the girls' nails in the orphanage. I painted all the girls nails and came back the next day only to find out they had scraped it all off expecting me to do it every day, only no one filled me in on the plan, and I didn't bring my polish back the next day! :( I loved how much they loved being treated like princesses though! Special memories!
Onah's first experience with a straw, haha! And they LOVED drinking sprite. I think they liked the fizziness of it.
He was so curious about all our stuff! Here he had found my headband and was trying to figure out what I used it for...Perfect star trek head gear! :)
Downtown Monrovia Libera
Marie and her buddy Kai
Our first walk on the beach. That soccer ball that's twice the size of Onah attracted several Liberian kids which of course meant Matt Lee was going to take them all on in a soccer game on the beach!
Beautiful Ivory Coast in Liberia...the last few pictures I was able to take before this beautiful ocean took my camera from me!
