We brainstormed as a travel group and though we all met our babies for the first time on January 21st (aka as Meetcha Day!), we decided to use today as it was the day they left the transition home with us for good. What a day that was...excitment, trepidation, laughter, tears and well, about a trillion other emotions.
To celebrate, we chose to have a family only celebration of balloons, cookies and watching video footage of our Gotcha Day. Today, we got Sakari to also say "Gotcha!"...we have that on video and also some pics that we will post shortly. Sakari got balloons of a ladybug, Blue (from Blue's Clues), a butterfly, a monkey, hearts and purple ones too! We are going to write notes on one of the balloons from us to Sakari's birthmother and let it go into the sky tomorrow...we were going to do it tonight, but it got really cold and REALLY windy. One of the traditions we decided to implement is to buy Sakari a fun kids DVD for a present on each Gotcha Day. Becca's also created, printed, laminated and had coil bound a story for Sakari...her own adoption story book! Becca has always told her the story and thought it would be great to put into book form and we read it together tonight before bed.
It was a special day, but not just January 23, 2008 or even today...but each day spent with this treasure of ours is more special than the one before...
Checking out her balloons!
She kinda LOVED them!!
Opening her 1st present...the movie "Horton hears a Who"
Opening her 2nd present...the book that we made for her!!
6 comments:
This is incredible Davids!!! We are so thrilled you're celebration 1 year since Gotcha Day. WOW!! Even though you met her on MY B-DAY...I think its so cool your group has such a fun tradition. I just have to steal all your amazing ideas to honor birthmother & adoption. I'm so proud of you and miss you!!
Can't wait to see you soon!!!
Happy Gotcha Day Sakari
xoxo
aunti kiki
Happy celebrating!
happy gotcha day sweet sakari!!! wow, those are some awesome balloons! so thankful God brought us all together through this miracle!!! love your traditions!!!
Love the video.. such a precious moment... well, as you said, they all are.
Happy Gotcha Day!!!
Wow the time flies by so fast. I can not believe it has been a whole year.
love, Lenka
It never occurred to me to call it Meetcha Day. You guys are so smart.
How much fun was the first Gotcha Day?! For the record, I think Sakari was the most chill and easy going of all the kids in our group. She wins that prize for sure. Remember Dosen SCREAMING for what felt like 100 hours on the bus one day? That was so not awesome. You shoulda been on our flight home... nightmare.
Anywho, we love you guys, too, and kiss that super sweet smart Sakari for us all.
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