We may or may not ever be able to make an announcement that "we're pregnant"...but we have come to understand that the blessing is the fact that however parenthood happens, it is a miracle! ....... Now we have been home with our precious blessing from Russia since August 2007. Join us on our fun and crazy ride that we call "life with this child of mine."
Monday, February 23, 2009
On this Date in History...
Two years ago...we saw this precious face for the first time.

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The picture was taken when Iliya might have been few days old...and when we received his information, he was just short of 15 months old. It would still be another month before we met him for the first time. This picture & a little blurb of information about him was all we had. Yet we made the decision fairly quickly that this is the child we wanted to meet.

Here is the blog archive from 2007 and a more details from my anniversary post in 2008.

Who knew that time (though it seemed to crawl at times) would pass so quickly? Now here we are, 2 years down the road...and life is joyful and more full than it's ever been. We were definitely blessed with a little boy who knows how to laugh...and who has - for lack of better terms - such an inventive sense of style!


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Written at Monday, February 23, 2009 by Melissa.
6 comments
6 Comments:
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Time does seem like it flies when you look back at the referral picture. He sure has grown a lot and is such a blessed little man. God chose the perfect parents for Iliya and gave him a wonderful home. He has grown but he still hads those great cheeks.

God bless all three of you and your familes. Before you turn around he'll be in school, and then graduating. Time does fly.

Carolyn Nelson
11:23 PM  
Blogger Nancy said...
Thanks for the flashback to 2007...I wasn't reading your blog back then. 2 years...WOW!
7:09 AM  
Blogger Carey and Norman said...
What an amazing two years! Iliya is so sweet and adorable! I love the baby photo!!
8:38 AM  
Blogger Grandma B.T. said...
Don loced meeting you guys last week in Huntsville. Not sure how he missed you at the November wedding but he did. He was quite impressed with you young man.
1:30 PM  
Blogger Grammy of five said...
Last night I was just looking at pictures from the airport when we met Iliya the first time. I saw Grandad's smiling face and Iliya's look of "why are all these people here?" And he's so well adjusted now, it's hard to keep up with him - he's so precious - and all boy (Thankfully). And he loves his mommy and daddy.
3:29 PM  
His Russian roots are showing in that last pic. Remember the tights? ;) At least no mullet!
1:48 AM  
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