Pressing On To Bring Our Girl Home...: Easter Break

How wonderful it was to finally take Annie "home" to meet everyone!

Since we were in China over Christmas, we didn't get to go home so we did our normal Christmas route for Easter Vacation to see all of our parents and family and to introduce Annie to her new family, too.

Warning: This post is super heavy on pictures!

The trip started out really well until about 5 hours in when

Annie decided she was ready to go home. For the next 3 1/2 hours she let

us all know pretty regularly.

Nan and Pops' house was our first stop.

It was a rough first night but the morning eased her mind once she discovered the love that was waiting there to meet her.

Everyone was so welcoming and

wonderful to her everywhere we went........not a surprise-we have an amazing family.

On our first stop, she got to meet her Pops and Nan, Uncles and Aunts,

and most of her cousins (miss you HB). By the afternoon, she was actually enjoying herself.

Riding Pops' new "toy"

A little duck, duck, goose

She sure enjoyed her Pops

Mei LOVES her cousins

An afternoon swing with her bro....

Enjoying some sunshine before hunting for eggs.

After confirming many times that we were ALL staying there, she really relaxed

Enjoying some bubbles with her Nan

What?!! There's candy in these eggs???!!!

These 2 are really going to miss each other.....

There's always time for a little smooch!

Hard to believe how fast they are growing up!!

Easter!!! He is Risen-Alleluia!! We I made a little error on Church time.....we got there 45 min. before Mass began-oops! It was great that we weren't late but a little tough for the little girls to sit still for 2 hours!! I felt bad for the people who sat behind us but it was a wonderful celebration! We are so thankful for our Lord and all that He sacrificed for us............

Baba and Annie

The men ~~played~~ did a little work

Jeff loves working with his dad

Next stop, Grandma and Papaw's......2 hours away. Annie did well and slept most of the way.

After Easter egg hunts, staying up late, and playing with cousins, I think she realized this trip was pretty fun because she was not apprehensive about Grandma and Papaw at all.

We lost our beautiful, mild temperatures, but enjoyed the sunshine and being outside anyway.

The boys always love adventures with Papaw.....

Our 3rd visit was with Papa and Noney! Again, Annie surprised us and was so comfortable with them!

We got to visit with them and have dinner at the local Chinese restaurant. I think it's always funny that our American kids like Chinese food more than their Chinese sisters!!

The whole crew......

Didn't take long to figure out that PaPa has extra coins for those game machines!

Not sure if you can see the blue jelly bean in that smile...

I got to see one of my favorite people, my Granny Smith.

The little girls picked her some flowers

I love how blessed the girls are by so many people who love them.

I loved seeing all of our kids with their Great Granny Smith.

And Annie was so comfortable that when we told her it was time to go, she stretched out her arms and gave her Great Grandma a big hug! We were shocked! It takes a lot to earn her love and trust!