One Year!

Today we celebrate our one year-a-versary with the boys. 1 year ago, we met them for the first time, hugged them for the first time, and got our first glimpse of what our future would hold. That day, their world was changed forever. That day, our world was turned upside down.

This year has been filled with ups and downs, the invariable roller coaster of adopting an older child. It has been a year of tremendous learning... learning how to be parents all over again, learning how to answer the very hard questions that our children ask us, learning how to be a family of 6, and learning to laugh at ourselves (still working on that one).

We are getting there. No. We are not there yet. To be quite honest, in some ways, we still have a way to go. We've mastered buying a lot of groceries and putting together a meal for 6 people with very different tastes. We have not mastered some of the behaviors and social awkwardness that our boys continue to struggle with.

At the end of the year, though, we are a family. Dysfunctional at times. Cranky at times. Happy at times. We cry together, laugh together, and (yes, amazing) even have fun together.

Then:

Now:


The boys enjoyed some real injera and shiro a few weeks ago. They really loved teaching their big sister how to eat it.


We took a family trip to Disney to celebrate our first year together (more about that later). You know you're family when you take a family vacation to Disney!