*~Kylee~*: 2011

After a year of not actually seeing Kylee in person, today I finally got to see her beautiful little face on Skype! Technology is amazing! She is already talking and doing so much! During our conversation she waved to me, blew me kisses, said "Hi Breonna", told me about how she feeds giraffes at the zoo, told me she grew in my tummy (Her Adoptive Mom said, "You grew in Breonna's _____" and she said tummy), she colored me a picture over skype, spoke spanish (she said "hola"), threw a mini temper tantrum, went potty on the toilet and told me about it (while running around pantless and adorable), played a cute little game where you match pics of animals to their shadow on their iPad and got them ALL right, showed me her favorite stuffed animals and giggled as her Adoptive Dad tickled her and gave her kisses. It was INCREDIBLE! And the best part is... I get to see her IN PERSON in a few weeks!!! I am SO excited! Today has been amazing! I love Kylee and her Adoptive Parents more than I can put into words! They have given me the most precious gift I could have, a relationship with my beautiful, intelligent, funny, sweet little princess Kylee. <3

Ok, so it has clearly been TOO LONG since I have posted anything on this blog! Obviously, a great deal has happened since I have updated ya'll last... Where to begin? Kylee is now TWO years old! They grow so fast! She is doing amazing and is living in Mexico with her adoptive family. Her Adoptive Dad is going to Medical school in Guadalajara and she will still be there for a few more years. It has been hard not to see her, but thank goodness her Adoptive Mom is so good at keeping up a blog about her life (unlike me ;) ). I am looking forward to seeing her around the Holidays though! Her Adoptive family comes up twice a year, but we missed each other the last time they came up so I am so thrilled that I will get to see her within a couple months! I miss her like you would not believe! She is already learning a little Spanish and I am very excited that she will be bilingual. It will help her so much later in life! As always, the process of Adoption is up-and-down. Some days are still quite hard, but the good days seem to outweigh the bad and I NEVER regret my decision to place Kylee with her Family. I know that is where she was meant to be! Adoption is such a beautiful experience and I so wish that people could understand what a miracle it is! I have come to see how many misconceptions are out there and it makes me sad. It makes me sad that people don't know how amazing those brave Birth Mothers are and what a sacrifice they have made (I love you girls <3). It makes me sad that people have misconceptions about WHO Birth Mothers are and WHY they made the hardest decision a Mother could ever make. It makes me sad that people don't know more about open adoptions and about what adoption really is these days. So, if you read this and you don't know, get educated! Go to a conference, talk to a Birth Mother or an Adoptive Family! Get the word out that adoption is incredible! I know I will! Ok, here are some new pics of my Lil' Princess <3