Below is an old post that I found in my archives, that I never posted. It is appropriate to bring it out now, as Morgie and Maddie are coming for a visit Friday!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! The kids are so excited to see their "little Morgie" and her cool big sis Maddie!!! I have missed them so much and cannot wait to see them. I am pinching myself! Let the count-down begin!!!




On March 23rd of this year, we celebrated "Gracie Day" by spending it visiting with Morgan and Maddie. It was the one year anniversary of the day she was placed into our arms and the day that little Morgan met her mommy for the first time.

According to the nannies, Morgan and Grace were best buds when they were in the orphanage. I just found this amazing as Morgan's family lives only 2 hours away from us. They come all the way from the other side of the world to be only two hours apart by car ride. Does anyone else find this remarkable? Not to mention, in the days before our daughters were placed in our arms, Courtney(Morgan's mom) and I hit it off immediately. We were like two peas in a pod. We felt as if we had known each other forever! She is the type of person who can make anyone smile, and the kind of friend that you know will be there for you whenever and for whatever. She has the most adorable family and she is the greatest mom! I know that we will have many years together laughing at ourselves, and enjoying watching each others kids grow up and appreciating all of the little things together. And Grace on Morgan will be able to stay connected and continue to build on that special bond because of this friendship that was born out of the coolest of circumstances!!!

I know I say this all the time.. but, really.. Isn't God COOL!!!!


Below are some pics from our visits.





I am not kidding you, but this is Morgan showing us her Karate moves... she takes a little Karate class on Fridays. I about rolled over when I saw her do this. It was the cutest thing!























Morgan lovingly calls Grace, Gan Gan. "I want see Gan Gan." That is what Grace was called in the orphanage. Morgan was called Jie Jie(sp?), but Grace just calls her Morgie...








Here Morgan is being the gracious host and sharing all of her favorite toys with Grace.
When we were in China, Morgie shared EVERYTHING with Grace.. she used to feed her off of her plate, share her Cheerios, give her a toy if she was sad. She has such a giving heart. There was quite a size difference between the girls when we first got them. We have a feeling Gan Gan might have taken advantage of Jie Jie's giving spirit while they were in the orphanage. :)









So serious, which is so far from the real Morgan. She never stops smiling, jumping,laughing, singing, moving, talking..LOL