Saturday, September 11, 2010

Happy Gotcha Day Baby Girl!

Today it has been 1 year since I first held my baby girl. I cannot believe that a whole year has gone by. Waiting for Lauren felt like it took so long and now a whole year has flown by. One year ago I was blessed to be handed the most beautiful, intelligent, funny, feisty and sweet little girl. Last year on this day Lauren was so scared and so sad it broke my heart. I am happy that this year she is a happy little girl and calling me Mommy. We are celebrating this day with pink cupcakes. We will have a bigger celebration on our Forever Family Day later this week. The day that we were all together finally...forever.

Lauren you are the light and sunshine of our family. We love you so.

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12 comments:

  1. michelleSeptember 11, 2010 at 3:41 PM

    Robin-
    After I read the title of your post and was waiting for it to appear on the screen I was thinking your first thoughts in your post. I can't believe it has been a year since hearing your prep for Lauren, then following your travels in Taiwan to hold her in your arms forever. For our family, this means we have been waiting this long, have switch agencies and programs and we are still just beginning this journey again. It is a LONG wait. Then again, when comparing this to day to day life with the rest of our "brood", I know and it will feel like time is a rocketship, once we too are holding our bundle of joy in arms.

    Happy Gotch Day! You, as always, assist, through your sharing of your own life, those of us waiting. It will be above and beyond all this effort and nerves, you prove it here, and that sweet daughter of yours does, too, in this beautiful picture. Hey, any pictures to follow with Lauren's face speckled in Pink Frosting?

    Enjoy!!!!
    mlynne

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  2. Tami and Bobby Sisemore FamilySeptember 11, 2010 at 4:09 PM

    Happy Gotcha Day!!! :) Enjoy!

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  3. michelleSeptember 12, 2010 at 5:45 AM

    Congratulations! Lauren is just beaming. It seems like we wait forever to finally be with our children and the days just fly by so quickly. I loved reading about your time in Taiwan because a month later, I was there meeting my daughter for the first time. Such an amazing experience!

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  4. LisaSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:15 PM

    Happy Day to all of you!!!!! Lauren is truly a beautiful little girl. Thanks for sharing your journey...
    Lisa

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  5. QingLu MamaSeptember 12, 2010 at 9:34 PM

    Oh what a special day! And more celebrations to come with the rest of the family!
    It is just so amazing how fast the time flies by and even more amazing to see the changes in these kids and feel those bonds that have grown so much over the year!
    Congrats on your one year!
    Jen

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  6. w8tn4September 13, 2010 at 7:25 PM

    Beautiful! Congrats! I also can't believe how fast time goes by... it leaves me feeling both overjoyed and like I missed something.
    We so need to get together... we don't live far enough away from eachother to justify NOT!

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  7. TonyaSeptember 14, 2010 at 9:29 PM

    Lauren is sooooo beautiful! Happy Gotcha Day (we are celebrating Janie's today). It is so hard to believe how quickly time flies now and how slowly it seemed to move during the wait!!

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  8. lorabelleSeptember 18, 2010 at 5:03 PM

    Lauren is such a beautiful baby girl!
    Happy Gotcha Day! It is so hard to believe that it's been a whole year already...
    Enjoy the sunshine:)

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  9. Tonya DayOctober 29, 2010 at 7:04 AM

    Just checking up on some blogs this morning. I read this last month but for some reason wasn't able to get my comment to post..but happy be-lated gotcha day!!! Lauren is absolutely stunning! Enjoy your sweet girl!

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  10. Journey to our babyOctober 29, 2010 at 8:40 PM

    I can't believe it has already been a year, you are so right, this last year has flown by - but when we were all waiting those two years seemed to last a lifetime!

    Happy Forever Family Day Lauren!!!!

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  11. The Hernandez HerdDecember 10, 2010 at 2:33 PM

    Happy Forever Family Day! What Joy!!!
    Victoria

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  12. The Hernandez HerdDecember 17, 2010 at 9:50 AM

    Happy Forever Family Day!!
    She's just getting cuter by the day!
    Victoria

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