One Year Ago Today.....

.......I was sitting in a hotel room in Nanning, China.  My heart was pounding, and I could hardly contain my excitement (or truthfully my nerves).  We were waiting for a knock at the door........We were waiting to FINALLY get our hand on our sweet Hannah Grace.

Well the knock finally came, and I got my hands on my baby girl.  The moment I had waited so long for, but little sista was not so excited to get her hands on me :)

(excuse the unedited video, but I felt like it was time to share)

Thankfully she is a whole lot more excited about me now!!!! :)

It is hard to believe that this has already been a whole year ago, but when I think back on how far we have all come, then it's hard to believe it's only been a year.

We celebrated Hannah day with a trip to the strawberry patch for some good ol strawberry ice cream and a little bit of playing.

Then it was off to Daddy's ballgame for a little while before leaving to make it to Deacon's practice.

We ended the day (night) with a little Gottcha Gift from China

I just have to share this.....last night while we were rocking, I was talking to Hannah about how tomorrow (today) was her special day.  I told her it was the day Mamma and Daddy went to China and got her.   I was trying to explain (as much as possible to a three year old) so I said, when you were a tiny baby, you didn't live with Mamma and Daddy, you lived in China........to which she wrinkled her eyebrows and said, "Me?  Why?"

We love you Hannah Grace McDuffie........all the way to China and back!

John 14:18

I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.