We still struggle a bit with what exactly to call this day, mostly we stick with family day, (as it isn’t the day we adopted him, it can’t be “Adoption Day”) but we use “Gotcha Day” too. Though some people don’t like the sound of that, but the boys love running up and grabbing us, or us grabbing them, or both, and all of us shouting “Gotcha” and hugging tight. We did this over and over while they squealed with laughter and begged to do it more!
Shen’s first Family Day anniversary was on August 5th and while we celebrated the day with him, we didn’t manage to get the photos of him in his outfit. So we did his photo today too. It was actually nice doing them both at the same time and the boys really enjoyed it. We were surprised at how well Shen fit in his clothes, but when we looked back at the photos of him from a year ago we saw that the outfit was much too big for him that day.
It’s amazing to see how much Kai’s feet have grown as well. While he can still squeeze into the clothes, there isn’t a chance of getting the shoes on!
Kai & Shen mugging for the camera
We made egg flower soup for dinner again this evening. That’s the second time this week, but it’s Kai’s favorite and it was his pick. We called the asian market to see if they had any mooncakes left over and fortunately they did. Kai has developed quite the taste for the lotus-seed paste filled ones, so we picked up a couple more to have for dessert. Since the day we met Kai was the first time we ever bought mooncakes (in Beijing) this seemed quite appropriate.
We finished the day by looking at the picture books we made for Kai and Shen about their adoption stories which they both love to read again and again.
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