Indigo's 1st Birthday! May 15, 2007

Today is Indigo's first birthday. How we wish we could be with her for this momentous occasion. However, we celebrated her day with her in our hearts. Our friends at work held a wonderful party for Indigo. Our friend Becky made the most incredible ladybug cake and all of Indigo's aunties signed a birthday card for her. Thank you so much! Before work this morning we stopped at the post office and sent a care package to her. We included disposable cameras to have photos taken of her - we hope to get the camera back when we get her in China. We sent a baby soft photo album with photos of us and her pets. We included a giraffe soft toy with some interactive features, gifts for her caretaker and gifts for the orphanage of baby clothes, childrens vitamins, coloring books, crayons and colored markers for the older kids. A friend typed for us a note to her in Chinese characters that we pasted in a birthday card to her from us. We laminated a large 8 x 10 photo of us holding pictures of her which we hope will be given to her so that she can become familiar with our faces. There is talk of travel before the end of June so the count down is beginning. We are back in paperwork land with obtaining visas, compiling documents to take with us etc. all to bring us closer to our daughter. Thanks to everyone who helped us to celebrate Indigo's birthday today and to help us not feel too sad about being apart from her.