One Year.....

....since we got the CALL. One year since we first saw her precious face. One year since we found out her name. One year since I went from having a dream of adopting to having a daughter.

This was the first picture we saw of her.

She had been in the hospital with pneumonia and had her scalp shaved for an IV.

This is the oldest picture we have of her. It was taken the day she arrived at our agencies transition home and she was very sick, and very, very scared. She wasn't at Hannah's Hope long before being admitted to the hospital.

Today we celebrate the day you became part of our lives, Bethlehem. We love you so much!

Bethlehem Grace Selamawit
Oct. 20, 2010

Is this a good smile???

How 'bout this one?

This picture was taken on Abigail's birthday. It is one of my favorites of the two of them! The red striped pajamas have been Abigail's favorites since she started wearing them when she was right around Bete's age. She outgrew them a few months ago but has been squeezing into them - I suggested she pass them on to Bete and we replaced them with pink striped pajamas. They are big on Bete, but she LOVES them. When we first put them on her she just kept patting her chest in awe and saying "Aba, Aba" She didn't want to get dressed the next morning.

I'll try to post more pics we take today later on tonight! She's currently down for her morning nap!