Happy 1st Gotcha Day Parker!

We will miss being with Parker on his first Gotcha Day since we will be in China with Piper! It is hard to believe that we met Parker one year ago on June 13th! We will never forget walking into the conference room in the Lakeside Hotel in Fuzhou City, China and seeing the most handsome little man looking out the window! He was so happy until we had to get his picture for his Chinese passport. Boy, did he cry! It absolutely broke my heart to see him so upset! He cried for quite a bit, so Erik finished up the paperwork and I walked with Parker up and down the hallway. We found a reception area with food and a very nice Chinese lady who talked to Parker and gave him lots of cookies to eat! Needless to say, we went back to see her several times while we were in the hotel! Once we got Parker back to our hotel room, he was just the happiest little guy in the whole world! We fell madly in love with our little man that Monday morning!

Parker has grown so much in the past year! He is the most easy going child! He lives life to the fullest and it is delightful to view the world through Parker's eyes! He finds great joy in the simple things life has to offer! I think we can learn so much from the innocence of a child view of the world! We are so proud of Parker! Parker still struggles with communicating with us, but he sure does try to get his ideas across to us! He will be having his palate repaired again by Dr. Napoli in August. We are hoping that will help him to be able to produce all of his speech sounds without the air escaping through his nose! There are are only a few sounds that are suppose to allow air to escape through the nose. Parker is still as active as ever! We can't take our eyes off of him or we never know what he might get into!!! Parker is the friendliest, happiest, sweetest little boy! We can't imagine our family without him! He has brought a whole new energy level to our home!! Your smile melts my heart! He adores Sophia and Graham! We know he will be the best big brother to Piper and his baby brother! He always asks about the baby when I put him to sleep at night! We love you Parker! We hope you have a great Gotcha Day with Mom Mom, Dziadzi, Sophia, and Graham!

Happy Gotcha Day to Leah, Emma, and Mya from our Living Hope Travel Group! Plus, a special Happy Gotcha Day to Iris too! We hope you have a great day with your forever family!!!