You know I was sitting here this morning thinking about Gabriella and how I feel that she needs to be talked about. We really are so excited about adopting again and look forward to meeting our newest bundle of joy, however I also felt that I wasn't very excited because I know that we won't get to meet her until early next year at the earliest.
So I figure I would redo her photo's, I actully figured out how to copy them straight from our paperwork file, the first photo's were picutres taken from paper with our camera.
I don't know, I am really excited for Alex to have a sister/playmate/best friend. I still really don't know how she will take it, I know it seems alright now, but she gets all the attention now also, I worry that she will feel left out once we go to China.
When we got Alex, she was 9 months old, when we get Gabriella, she will be almost 3 or within a month or two. You know I don't really think that Alex realized what was going on, well Gabriella will definately know what is happening and that is what scares me the most. I understand that kids are resilient, everyone keeps saying that, but that doesn't matter, this dad is scared.
I so look forward to being a dad again and having two little girls that are really excited to see me. I know that this will happen with time, but it's not 2 years from now that scares me it is the next 6 months.
I just wanted to talk a little about Gabriella, I saw her pictures fading away to the bottom of the blog page so I figured it was time to put her back up front right where she belongs, I just don't want her to think that we aren't thinking about her, because we are.
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So I'm thinking maybe you should add Gabriella's photo to your sidebar so she stays "front and center" all the time and doesn't slip off the page. That is what I did to our Maddy's referral picture.
Secondly.. I totally understand how you feel. Maddy was 2 when we received her and I was terrified as to how she would accept us. She did GREAT! (praise God) but I know other's who have adopted older children that didn't fair as well for a few days/months.
We will be thinking of you when you travel and when you return home that the transition for all will go smoothly!
Aww... what a sweet post. I had the pleasure of meeting your wife and daughter at a playdate a few weeks ago. We just got home with our 2 1/2 year old at the end of August. I can tell you that it has been a challenge but also a joy! Ainsley has been VERY slow to warm to her Father but has come around. I am still her favorite but my hubby does a great job of not taking it personally! I keep telling her that he is the FUN one! Ha! It seems that it is fairly common for toddlers to prefer one parent over the other. Anyway, I just thought your post was so sweet and I can tell your a great Dad! I look forward to following your journey to Gabriella! (I also have a Gabrielle!) Stacy
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What you are feeling is completely understandable. We adopted our oldest at 32-months old and we were blessed not to have any attachment issues. What we did have were two very naive parents who went from no kids to a nearly preschooler. Fortunately for you, Alex has your trained, so you are already one step up on what we were. ha ha
My Mia adores your Alex. I can't wait until they have another little playmate at our FCC play dates!
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