It's amazing how time seems relative to the situation that you are in. I woke up today and realized that Amelia is 3-months-old and it hit me! Her little life has been such a whirlwind of decisions, traveling on airplanes, moving across the country and learning to adjust to a new life in Provo, and I haven't even documented her life here on the blog. Amelia's adoption process seems like such a long time ago when I think about, but when I start to really ponder everything we went through to bring home our own little baby, I realize how substantial every little moment of our adoption was. Well, rather than tell the entire story of how Amelia became our little girl, I just thought I would post a pictorial timeline of our little cricket and give a few captions. We've been through a lot in the past 3+ months, and these pictures don't do justice, but I think they are better than nothing. I'm beyond happy to have this sweet little girl in my life, and I feel so blessed and privileged to be called her mommy.
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| Preparing for baby! Nursery is almost ready and we are almost ready, as well! |
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| I'm so grateful to my mom for snapping this picture of the Michael and me seeing Amelia for the first time. She was so beautiful and I couldn't help but completely break and down and cry. |
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| Amelia May Smith, born May 16th at 5:18 pm. 7lbs 12oz and 21 inches long. Unfortunately, after she was born, the doctors were afraid that she had a infection and they had to put her on antibiotics and monitor her oxygen levels. |
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| Holding Amelia for the first time. I couldn't stop crying. Amelia's birth mother and father are amazing and we all sat in the NICU with Amelia for a while and talked. |
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| Michael holding Amelia for the first time as her father. This was such a special moment after the papers were signed in the hospital. |
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| Showing off Amelia May Smith. I didn't stop crying for about 5 days straight. She was born on Wednesday and we were able to take her home on Saturday afternoon. It was such an amazing experience. |
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| I love this little cricket. |
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| Leaving the hospital |
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| Staying with mom and dad in Provo waiting for our approval to head back home to LA. |
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| Sleepy Smiles. |
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| She was so incredibly tiny!! I can't believe how adorably small she was. |
