Adoption Day Anniversary & Reunion

We just celebrated Ava's first year with us on July 9th. We also had our first annual reunion with the babies and their families this past weekend in Boston. We had been looking forward to the reunion since December when we first started planning it. I think all the families thought the same thing...we couldn't believe it's been a full year already. It feels like Ava, Max, Allison and Logan have always been here. It was great to see all the personalities come out and share the sibling and parent relationships. Sebastian really had a great time with Allison's older brothers and could relate since he was also the older brother to Ava.

I truly hope that we will continue the reunions because it will be neat to see the children grow up "together" and have that special bond. I know one thing, they will always feel like they are part of our "extended" family. Here are some "then" and "now" photos.

AVA, MAX, ALLISON & LOGAN [THEN] - JULY 2007 [sitting with Sandy and Paul, our facilitators in Vietnam]


*Sandy and Paul have been running their foundation in Vietnam since 2007. Check out the link to Paul's Kids on the right hand side under "charitable links" on my main blog page.

AVA, LOGAN, MAX & ALLISON - JULY 2007 [THEN]








AVA, ALLISON, MAX & LOGAN - JULY 2008 [NOW]






AVA & MAX - JULY 2007 [THEN]








AVA & MAX - JULY 2008 [NOW]





















ALLISON - JULY 2007 [THEN]





















ALLISON & AVA - JULY 2008 [NOW]








LOGAN - JULY 2007 [THEN]








LOGAN - JULY 2008 [NOW]