6 Months Ago Today

We met our daughter, Meighan Beibei Smith, six short months ago today! April 7, 2009, was quite the day. We had to leave the Beijing hotel at 6:00 or 6:30, I think, to get to the airport. Our flight was at 9:00 and we landed exactly three hours later at 12:00 noon in Guangzhou. We claimed our bags and found our guide, Joyce, and got checked into the White Swan Hotel. We were told to meet the Holt people at 2:30, I think. We got in a van and drove to the Ministry of Civil Affairs and met Meighan, a very frightened little girl, near tears the whole time, who didn't know what was happening to her.

These last six months have changed ALL of our lives dramatically. We've learned many things about parenting a toddler (having not gotten to gradually move into that stage) and she has grown by leaps and bounds in her physical and mental abilities. She's a very smart little girl and will probably pass us up in "smarts."

Compare the following two pictures. The first is from Gotcha Day and the second one was just taken last night. It's what Meighan does when Tony asks her "Who's cute?"