Happy Forever Family Day Anna!!

It was 2 years ago, June 4th, 2007 that we met our sweet Anna. It was a day that we will never forget. As I sat on the plane, flying back to China on her 2 year anniversary to bring home her baby sister, I remembered the tiny little girl that walked, assisted, into the room of the Civil Affairs building. Tiny, scared and sick, she desperately needed a family and we desperately needed her.

Anna has brought more joy into our lives than we can ever give back to her. She is a treasure that we will cherish for our lifetime and a daughter that will be ours for eternity. We are forever grateful to her birth family. There are many other options that they could have chosen, but because they loved her, no doubt, they made the decision to leave her where she could be found and cared for. We will always honor them for making, I am sure one of, if not the most, difficult decisions of their lives.

Anna has changed so much in the last 24 months. She is a completely different child. She has come so far and is determined to go farther. Even though I couldn't celebrate our Forever Family Day with her, I did celebrate and I will think of her often while we are in her birth country again.

Sending love & hugs to Carter, Jacob, Parker and Anna at home and Elli, just a few miles away,
Rodney & Marcy