Harper’s 6th Birthday
Harper had her 6th Birthday today. We thought we would have had travel approval by now and thus would have been in China so we did not have a big party. Instead, we just had dinner, cake, and presents at our house. Harper picked ribs for dinner (and probably ate half a rack herself), and chocolate cake for desert. Its hard to believe that we have had her for 2 years now. In May, 2007 we were in Nanchang, China meeting her for the first time.
In fact, here is a picture of her the first time we met her:
This picture was taken in a government office building. She had just arrived a couple of minutes earlier from her orphanage. We were in a room full of people who where all meeting their adoptive children for the first time. Within an hour we were back at our hotel room with her and she was playing with the toys we brought for her.
Its really amazing when you think about it. We travelled literally to the other side of the world. Met our new daughter (who did not speak a word of English), and just an hour later she was in the floor of our hotel room playing with us. A few hours later she spent her first night with us.
When I think back on all of it I just can’t believe that its only been 2 years ago that we met her - and here we are about to do it all again when we get our travel approval to bring home Harper’s friend from the orphange Zhen Zhen.