For many years, I have gone to a cabin with a group of close friends to celebrate New Year's together. This is the 12 or 13th year in a row we have been together. Since the beginning, there have been marriages and births and/or adoptions of children. Up until this year, I was the only one who had not yet become a parent.
So I was looking forward to celebrating with Molly this year! We went to a lodge in Port Alberni for a week, and had a great holiday. There were just 3 families for the first couple of days, then the rest of the gang joined us in time to ring in the new year. Molly has never had such a sustained social life since she left the orphanage. The older kids played with her, dressed her up, pulled her around in her wagon, taught her to run, and I also noticed that her speech development took great leaps forward during the week.
Quiet time
Playing with the big boys
Group coloring project
Lots of cuddling
Flying paper airplanes
A couple of cuties!
the girls
Dressing up Molly like a doll
Party girl on New Year's Eve
Lighting sparklers outside
A quiet New Year's Day afternoon
Eating noodles
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