Today is Gotcha Day! And Valentine’s Day!  Could anything be more wonderful?

What is Gotcha Day you ask,  well,  I’ll tell you.  That is the day that Miss A and SDL became official!

SDL has wanted kids for a long time and started the adoption process many moons ago. Finally,  it was getting closer and I remember getting an email from her, “Auntie G…how would you like to see a picture of your niece?” Let’s just say,  I had tears in my eyes when I opened the attachment and I couldn’t say anything to anyone! Not fair! I wanted to shout it to the world,  but my lips were sealed!

SDL started going to a far off land, Kazakhstan, to meet the little one who would soon be her pride and joy. 

She had set up a blog so that some friends and family could keep up with their progress. It was great!  Every day she would post so we would know what was going on and on the days she visited with Miss A, pictures of the two of them. Soooo cute! 

What a doll baby! She was adorable and wonderfully fat (only when children are babies is it ok  to tell a mother her baby is beautiful and fat!) and she smiled like crazy.  Simply wonderful.

There were multiple trips to Kazakhstan for bonding and paperwork. Finally…the day had come…it was going to be official!

Mother and daughter were officially a family, it’s called Gotcha Day and what a wonderful coincidence that their Gotcha Day was February 14th, Valentine’s Day. 

As you know,  Miss A is not only the light in her mother’s life,  she is so very precious to me and I love spending time with her,  watching her grow and blossom into a bright,  precocious, soon to be five year old,  I cannot believe it!

What better day to become a family.  Happy Gotcha Day to SDL and Miss A and Happy Valentine’s Day to them and everyone out there!