Today marks the one year anniversary of having Pearl. In the adoption world, this is called the "Gotcha Day". I distinctly remember walking into the orphanage and seeing her for the first time. Carli was the first to hold Pearl. There were lots of tears on our part and the nanny's part and lots of confusion on Pearl's part. She cried a bit but finally settled down, probably out of sheer exhaustion.
We have spent the last year figuring things out--sometimes getting it right, sometimes getting it wrong. The past year has brought transition for all of us. We have had ups and downs but Pearl is definitely part of our family.
It is difficult to believe a year has passed already!
What a great year! Gotcha Day is such a wonderful time of remembrance. We just celebrated our two-year benchmark Gotcha Day with Roxana on the sixth. Very cool to celebrate it with you this month.
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Happy Gotcha Day! :-)
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