


Shortly after New Year's we went to the North Carolina Zoo. I didn't get any pictures inside the zoo, so Hannah insisted on being cute while we were leaving. Enjoy!
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SHORT STORIES AND PHOTOS DOCUMENTING OUR JOURNEY TO OUR DAUGHTER AND, NOW, OUR LIFE WITH HANNAH MEI.






Hannah's first Christmas was absolutely delightful. We slept in a little bit (til 8:00am) and mosied on down in our pajamas to the tree to let the festivities begin. Hannah was reluctant to open all the presents. I think she wanted to play with each one first - you know, kick the tires a bit. She got tired of opening presents all together about halfway through so Mom and Dad had to take over. We made a big deal over each gift - which in hindsight might have been a tad overwhelming. All in all, it was a very good time. I just had to take a picture of the mess we made.



After we cleaned up the aftermath, we headed over to Aunt Jean's for a family get together. The closeup of Hannah is my absolute favorite - I worked on it in Photoshop and had it made into a painting via Winkflash. Not sure where it is going to go, but I'm sure we will find a spot. The one picture of Hannah looking like she is tripping is of...ahhh Hannah tripping. Please note, she caught her balance and did not fall after this picture was taken. I like the fact that she never let go of her "baby". The last picture is of handsome Greyson who apparently just scored a touchdown. Or maybe the Cowboys did. heehee.













I have some other pictures of autumn fun, but I just can't keep these photos to myself any longer. These were taken on two seperate occasions: our friends annual Halloween party (much fun was had in the moonwalk) and on Halloween getting ready to go trick or treating. Enjoy!



This past Saturday was our area's annual Race for the Cure event. This has been a longstanding tradition in the Davis household and Hannah did very well for her first time. We walked in honor of Chris's Mom who passed away last October after battling breast cancer for over nine years. We are thankful for those years we had together, but we all miss her very much. Hannah is lucky to have a guardian angel like her. I think the amount of people overwhelmed Hannah at first - you've got to wonder if she thought, "am I back in China?". But after a short while she got used to it and even dozed off a little bit. We are glad te rain held off until after the race.