After 2.5 years of waiting, we finally brought Adriana's little brother, Hugo, from Haiti. Since Adriana can remember we have talked about her brother. We started the process when she was 2. So all her memories include a brother she was told about but never met. Adoption is a word that is big in our house. And Adriana tends to grasp the concept in a very adult like way. Adoption is good and it is a great way to make your family complete. This is how she sees it. I can't take credit for it. We always talked about it and explained it. But one day she watched the movie "The Rescuers". When they described Penny as an orphan living at an orphanage, it clicked. These are words Adriana knew and has heard when talking about her brother. She realized that he didn't have a family and was waiting for a family to get him. This made her understanding sky rocket. And also made her more eager to get him home. (Luckily she didn't take the whole movie literal or she would have feared alligators and mean ladies taking her brother to retrieve diamonds. whew)
On January 26, 2013, we brought him home. And a sister finally met a brother she had only seen in pictures. It was one of the best moments of my life. And what is even better is they love each other so much already. They have fun. They annoy each other. They make each other mad. But through it all, when they see each other, they light up. And that is the best gift I could have ever received.
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| First meeting at airport |
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