Happy "Gotcha Day" 3 years together!

Today brings back sweet memories of the day Mia Mei Xia MacCormack entered our arms forever. It’s hard to believe that 3 years ago today I was in Nanchang, Jiangxi, China anxiously receiving the best gift God has given to me. I love being her mama and God knew exactly what he was doing the day he created her. I posted a photo of her and us on that special day signing her adoption paperwork, and a few current pictures:)



What an amazing day, how quickly time flies.



Mia with her big brothers and little neice, visiting them in D.C. Dec. 2011

Mia and her cousin Reagan

Celebrating Chinese New Year Feb. 2012

Can't believe today makes two years since Mia came into our lives.

What a journey......

February 15th marked the two year anniversary of the day we were handed the most amazing little girl we could have dreamed of, also known as "Gotcha Day" in the adoption world.

It is so hard to believe that two years have passed to the day, since Mia was place in our arms. She has changed so much, heck, Scot and I have changed so much....I can't imagine our life without her now...You know, when you go into this parenthood thing (again), you go in with all kinds of expectations of what kind of parent you are going to be. I was no exception to this rule, but I realized it doesn't matter what parent you thought you would be, as long as you are the parent she needs you to be. Some days I get it right, some days I get it wrong, but I hope I am growing in that aspect every day. I love how being Mia's mom, makes me WANT to grow, to change and be a better mom, a better person. Amazing how one tiny human can make such a difference, and here I thought that I was going to be the one helping HER to grow, lol.

Here are some pictures of Mia, as she was then and as she is now....a miracle!

Holding Mia for the first time, Feb. 15th 2009...

 

This was the only video we have while in China, the first few minutes with her back in our room after getting her. So, wish we had more video of her then. I just veiwed this video for the first time a few months ago, I could never get it to play until now. 

Last Aug. 2010

Mia~ January 2011

Mia absolutely loved trick or treating this year. What's not to love......ding dong, trick or treat, thanks for the candy

Can you tell things have been crazy busy as usual? It's been too long since I posted!
Since Scot has to travel again this month and wouldn’t be here for Halloween, we had Mia’s party early. We had a Halloween Party for Mia and her friends from school and dance class. She was so excited and had a great time; they were all so cute dressed in their costumes. We plan on doing this every year.

It was very different than last year, she didn’t know what Halloween really was but liked dressing up like a little Lady Bug This year Mia knew just what she wanted to be…Ariel, The Little Mermaid Princess.

She had a few weeks of celebrating Halloween, she had a great time at her party, her school party, trick-or-treating at the mall and playing games/trunk-or-treating at our church’s fall festival. After Halloween at Church we headed home to meet Daddy, he was just getting home from his trip.




 

Our first family 5k Run/Walk

Before the race...7:30am

We did the Johhny Casa 5k Run/Walk today at SML and had a great time. Mia was excited to do this and was ready to run! She started out strong with running and walking, I had to beg her to ride in the stroller so we could catch up with everyone. She did great, and yes, she finally decided to take a ride but wanted to finish the race on her feet- Go Mia!  We are making this race an annual event for us.

After the race with our friend Kim.

MIA'S FIRST YEAR, February 2009 - February 2010

I had this done back in March and I am just getting around to posting it...life has been busy and now im trying to catch up.

Mia's first year by Luci MacCormack | Make Your Own Book

Check out my first book...It's finally done!

I made a book of our Blog/Jouney bringing Mia home from China. I had it printed and just got it back:)

Our Journey to Mia MeiXia MacCormack by Luci MacCormack | BOOK INFO

1 Year Anniversary

A perfectly heart-filled Valentines weekend

February 15th marked the one year anniversary of the day we were handed the most amazing little girl we could have dreamed of, also known as "Gotcha Day" in the adoption world. This has been an amazing first year with our little sweetie! She has brought unexplainable joy to our lives thus far, and we look forward to many wonderful years ahead to love her and show her what a precious gift she is!

Today we had a small party for Mia to celebrate her special adoption day. She had one candle to blow out on her cake (the cake had a picture of her sitting on the famous red couch at the White Swan Hotel in China). Before eating cake, she opened a few gifts, and later we went outside and released one red balloon—In memory of her birthmother to remember her and the magnificent gift she has given to us. We can never thank her enough for bringing this special girl into this world, and we can never thank God enough for bringing this special girl into our family! We are so, so blessed!!

A few pictures from our celebration