Missy's 33rd Birthday - October 2, 2009

I got the best birthday gift ever! A sweet little girl. She is so precious to me.

3 weeks old - September 29, 2009

Emma thought it was so funny that Virginia was holding onto a spoon! She had to go grab the camera.

So little still in the car seat, soon she will fill it up.

3 1/2 weeks Virginia started to focus on things and look more carefully.

2 Weeks Old - September 22, 2009

Home Now - September 18th, 2009

Adoption Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kMToqJ8BaE&feature=player_embedded

Getting darker...

Interestingly a lot of people don't know that black babies come out looking quite...well, white. Anna looked like every other baby there in the nursery, and after a few weeks got brown. Virginia was just slightly brown when born other than the tips of her fingers and the tops of her ears were slightly darker. From Saturday the 12th of Sept through Monday the 14th, we noticed Virginia getting darker by the day. It was really fun to watch, the same thing happend with Anna, but not that young. Anna is biracial, when we adopted her we didn't know if the birth father was the white man from Raleigh or the black man from Charlotte. Anna's birthmother was white, so we really didn't know what Anna would look like. We were delighted when she turned a beautiful shade of brown. Since Anna is biracial we really loved the idea of adopting another biracial or black baby. We felt Virginia's spirit in our home even before she was here physically, such a wonderful feeling. I could tell my child was there! We also had the same experience before we adopted Anna. It is wonderful to know that the Lord has a plan and we are a part of it.

Also when I was a child, there were these beautiful dolls "My Child" dolls. They were the cute competition for the very ugly cabbage patch dolls. I got three of them when I was a child, and still have them to this day. One is fair with blonde hair, one with red hair and one that is black with black hair. I wanted to adopt a black baby from the time when I wasn't much of a baby.

Also in the picture there are two topsy turvy dolls, that change from blonde to black girl by pulling the skirt up or down, I believe my grandmother made them...?

Visiting with Aunt Michele

Another great visit we had during the week was with my sister Michele. Anna even graced us with one of her brief awake times. It was fun to catch up with Michele and learn all about her new adventure of running a small store in care facility. Anna also loved getting rides on her lap, while driving the motorized wheelchair. Grandpa Frost came along for the ride too; not on Michele's chair, but just to accompany us... ha, ha.