We Met Abby Three Years Ago Today ...

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January 6, 2004 ... the day the Chinese government placed a precious child in our arms to become our daughter, forever. A day held as special in our hearts as the days our boys were first placed in our arms.

It was a whirlwind day ... meeting our travel group (4 other families) to fly from Hong Kong to Changsha, Hunan. We were only at the hotel about three hours or so before the girls arrived. We had just enough time to check into the hotel, unpack a few things, walk to a nearby grocery store to buy some supplies ... and wait.

Our facilitator called and said she had received a call from the orphanage workers ... they were about 5 minutes away from the hotel in a van. We went down to the lobby and here they came. We watched them enter ... Abby first through the door ... and then we went up to the lobby of the 18th floor of the Grand Sun City Hotel to become a family. We were so happy. Abby was not so happy, at the time. All very surreal, yet all so very real.

I put together a Photo Show of some wonderful China trip memories, as well as some more recent pics ...

http://www.photoshow.net/tremontscotts/family
(from that site, click "Abby Then & Now" for the Photo Show)

And some interesting stats ... what's in a number?
36 - the number of months Abby has been with her family
19 - the number of inches her hair has grown since meeting her
16 - the number of pounds she has gained since coming home
12 - the number of inches her height has increased since coming home
10 - the number of months she lived in Zhuzhou City, Hunan
5 - the number of cousins she gained when she joined our family
4 - the birthday she will celebrate in a few weeks
2 - the number of brothers who treat her like a princess
1 - the birthday she first celebrated with family

Happy Family Day, Abby ... Happy "Gotcha" Day, Abby ... I can't even remember what life was like without our little girl!