Katrine’s 7th Gotchaversary

(Yes I am procrastinating again, but this time lets call it deciding on the best assignement to complete.  The plus side is, that you get another photo update.)

We didn’t have this blog running when we adopted Katrine 7 years ago so I thought that I would put up some photos of our first day as a family.  I was originally going to wait and post up to date photos of us with Katrine so you could compare but, she is still sick and I promised her I wouldn’t so enjoy these old ones from the day that our family was born.

This is how our day started. Waking up to this empty crib.
After a speech by an official assuring us that the girls would adjust, the babies started coming. As they brought her through the door, we knew she was ours. I got to hold her first.
This day the tears came from us. Katrine took it all in solemnly until the nannies came in to say good bye. Then she was all smiles.
First family photo.
As soon as the nannies left, Katrine started to shut down. It is exhausting going through an emotional upheaval.
The day ended with her showing off her crawling skills. Now that was unexpected.