Guixi "Sisters" Then And Now...

Today marks our 8 month anniversary as a family, so this post seems very appropriate! Thanks for you patience while I put it together; it took some time to picture swap; I started working on it 4/7! Finally it's all done.

Sue and I met online, and emailed frequently, for over a year before we got our first photos of Mattie and Sophia. When referrals came in Aug. 07, we got pictures of our girls at the same time! If that wasn't exciting enough, our girls were both from Guixi, Jiangxi! So, we spent our trip in China, together. The above pic is of me and Sue, minutes before we held our girls for the first time...and proof that mom's that adopt also get the 'pregnant glow'!

Here we are at the Civil Affairs office (where it was at least 100 degrees!), the day they stamped our "Red Book", and the girls were officially our daughters...(and we still have that 'glow') Here we are in Guangzhou China, on the famous red couch at the White Swan... After we got home, Sue and I were exchanging photos and realized we had photos of the girls in the same, and similar, outfits!

Sophia at home...

Mattie at home...Our ladybug girls... And here's the Guixi "sisters" intently examining their Easter Eggs...
The girls sure do look different today!

Sophia showing off ALL her teeth...Mattie showing off ALL of her teeth... Sophia looking cute in her hat...Mattie looking cute in her hat...

One of these days we'll get the girls together for a photo shoot...the miles that seperate us won't keep us away from each other!