Daddies and girls... big girls and little girls!
On Saturday Gwen was reunited with her oldest friend. Seems funny to say that for a child who is coming up on only her third birthday, but this friend is one who has known Gwen longer than anyone else in her life, including us!
Alia and her parents came to our house Saturday for visit... this is the first time we've been together since we adopted the girls 14 months ago. As you know if you are a regular reader, we've been able to spend time with two other families we were with in China, but only Alia is from the same orphanage and is the same age (only 2 weeks apart) as Gwen, meaning that they were in the same room together at the orphanage and would have been together all the time.
When we were in China, it was very clear that Gwen and Alia knew each other well. They seemed to communicate with each other and liked to be together. They were happy to see each other each morning when we'd meet in the hotel lobby.
Alia's mom told me that after we had all returned home and I would email them pictures of Gwen, Alia would point at the computer and say something in Chinese, probably Gwen's Chinese name. The name "Gwen" held no meaning for her, but she knew the face!
I wondered if Gwen would remember Alia. It's hard to know if she did, but the girls definitely connected. This age usually brings a fair amount of "I had it first" and "Mine, mine!" when kids play together... I have to say there was none of that on Saturday. They spent a long time taking turns pulling each other around in a little wagon we have, and at one point when Alia was pulling Gwen, Gwen turned around and said to me, "She a nice girl." I have never heard Gwen make a comment like that! It was just so neat to see the girls enjoying each other... I loved how willingly they posed for pictures together~ it just seemed that they were glad to be together. As my sister said when I described the day to her, it was like the girls' hearts knew each other!
Is this priceless, or what? They stayed in this close hug for a good couple of minutes, just so happy to be together!
Our princesses!
Is this priceless, or what? They stayed in this close hug for a good couple of minutes, just so happy to be together!
Our princesses!
5 comments:
Oh my goodness! Those are the cutest pictures of Gwen (& Alia too!) that smile is priceless!
Aunt Sarah Hutchison
I've been following your blog since you were getting ready to travel for Gwen. I was just beginning the paperchase. Now with a LID of 4/5/06, you once again bring tears to my eyes. Our neighbors and best friends paperchased with us, same agency, same LID. We are hoping to our girls are from the same orphanage, and can be life long friends as well. Thanks for a little vision of our future (hopefully). It makes the wait a little easier.
SO, so sweet!
Lana
That is a friendship that will last a lifetime! I can only hope that our daughter will have someone she counts on in her orhpanage until we get there.
That is so precious, thank you for sharing w/ all of us!
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