A Clear Sign
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
A Lovely Easter
This Easter, Sinclair had a wonderful time. She seemed to know all about Jesus and Easter eggs. A special thing this year was that Uncle Brian, Aunty Megan and baby Emma were here! Sinclair was so excited, as we all were, to meet Emma for the first time. On Easter Sunday, Sinclair got to wear a beautiful dress that she had received as a welcome home gift over a year and half ago. We had a wonderful time playing with the Stockards and having lunch and an egg hunt at Grammy Armijo's house with all of them and Aunty Amber and her kids as well. Even the earthquake didn't ruin our day!
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Meeting Granddad and Grandma Harriet
Sinclair has been part of our family for so long, but there were still two close family members who she hadn't gotten to meet yet. At the end of February, Matt's Dad and stepmom came out from Tennessee just to see her. They all took to each other quite easily.
It's probably better that Granddad and Grandma Harriet waited a while to come see her, because she is much more outgoing with others now. She let them hold her and she talked to them a lot. This would not have happened had they come out in the first 6-12 months that she was with us. She has become quite the social butterfly since then! She loves to talk to people, and knows the names of the friends and neighbors that we see regularly.
Sinclair got to show Granddad and Harriet her room, her adoption documents, her church and her favorite restaurants. They watched her jump on the trampoline and she played Play-Doh with them--her favorite activities. She and all of us had a great time with Dad and Harriet!
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Chinese New Year Dinner
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Christmas photos
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Sinclair's 2nd Birthday!
We were tickled pink (and green) to celebrate Sinclair's second birthday!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Moon Festival 2009
This year's Mid-Autumn Moon Festival was our first gathering in our new home. Our patio was strung with lights and Chinese lanterns. We invited several families with children from China, one of which are some of our new neighbors, the Worrells! We also had one family from our church's adoption fellowship group, the Barretts, and the Landinos who were in our travel group in China. We all wore traditional Chinese dress and brought moon cakes, Chinese pastries, and other desserts to share. We sat and talked of China and our various adoption experiences and the kids had fun playing. It was a lovely time.
Monday, October 5, 2009
One Year A Smith!
September 1st marked our one-year adoption anniversary. It is such a special memory to celebrate. What a great adventure adoption has been. To celebrate, we weren't able to do too much, because we moved into a new home exactly on September 1st. We had some close friends over for Chinese food and we put Sinclair in a ladybug dress, but that was about it. On the other hand, moving into a new home has been a great thing for our family, and I find it interesting that the dates coincided. We have been blessed to be able to move into a 1900 square-foot one-story home with a HUGE backyard. There are trees, and grass and bugs and lizards. We previously lived in a 1400 square foot townhome, so this feels like a palace. Sinclair loves it here. She likes to run in the grass, jump on the trampoline, and get dirty. God gave our family a wonderfully amazing gift to celebrate Adoption Day.
