Welcome

Welcome to my blog. This is a journal of things in my life during the adoption process. If you want to start at the beginning you need to read backwards. What this means is go to the archives (January 2006) and read through to current time. I enjoy reading your comments, so please post your thoughts for me to read. Colette

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

Olivia & Grandma Diana


Bob's step-mom (Diana) stopped by to see us on her way back home to Tennessee. It was nice seeing her! Thanks Diana for coming to see all of us.

Friday, January 25, 2008

Olivia......

Megan took all of these pictures of Olivia.




Monday, January 21, 2008

A day at home.

Olivia watching Dora with her doll (Dora).

Olivia feeding her doll (Lucy).

Monday, January 14, 2008

Play-Doh

Olivia's favorite Christmas Gift is her Play-Doh. She loves it! She wants to be playing with it all of the time. It is so cute when Olivia says "Play-Doh"!

Thursday, January 03, 2008

Referral One Year Later!

One year ago today I set my eyes on the most beautiful baby girl! Her name then was Xin Min Ya. We later found out she went by Min Ya (pronounced Mia). We were told her birthday, where she was living and a few other items. They emailed us a scanned photo of the baby and my heart melted. After the long wait we were finally matched with a child. It was surreal! It was one of the happiest days of my life. I compare it to the day Megan was born. A wonderful, wonderful day!

Our child was born in our hearts that day, a year ago today. We named her Olivia Xin Walker. She has been a true joy and a blessing to our lives.


This was the first picture we saw of Olivia. It was emailed to us in black and white.
We received all 3 pictures in color the day after we got the phone call with our referral. They were taken when she was 6 months old.