Emily and Gabriella, the reunion we've all been waiting for!

We heard a gentle knock at the door. We opened the door to see Emily and her family! Emily was even more beautiful in person and we fell in love with her! From the moment we met Robert and Mary, Emily's parents, we felt like we had known them forever and we were reuniting with family ~ it was simply amazing!!!

Emily was very excited to see Gabriella and offered her a sucker:) Gabriella was a little unsure of what was going on. I held her for a while and reassured her the girls weren't going back to China. It was obvious she recognized Emily and was fascinated with her she just wasn't quite sure what was going on.

Mary offered the girls some of the yogurt drinks that the girls foster mother had sent from China. It was the yogurt drinks that broke the ice so in her own special way their foster mother was a part of this very special reunion:)

The girls moved to the couch ~ one at either end.

Emily was just precious and was a true social butterfly!

In time Gabriella moved a little closer.

And then it happened! Gabriella took on the big sister role that she had with Emily in China and she started feeding Emily...everything she could find she wanted to feed her! It was precious! She would take off wrappers, bring her food; anything she could do for her she wanted to do.

The girls were back together!

Once Gabriella took her hand she didn't want to let her go!

They walked together hand in hand down the hallway to lunch.

After lunch the girls were holding hands as well. I love this photo as it looks as if they are both praying together...I believe it is very obvious they are happy to be reunited!

We were staying at an incredible indoor/outdoor water park in TN. After we all had full tummies we took off for the water park! The Baba's were taking their girls down the water slide in the toddler area:)

The girls were waiting for Nicholas and their Baba's to come down the water slide...it was getting close to nap time for Gabriella....Emily was a trooper and stayed awake the entire day!

Finally, their Baba's and Nicholas came down the water slide! The girls were excited to see them:)

The teeter-toddler was a huge hit!

The girls enjoyed it...even getting sprayed every few minutes wasn't too bad:)

Emily enjoying her first popsicle! While Gabriella slept Emily kept us very well entertained! Emily's mom is a nurse too and she has taught Emily where many of her organs are and it was precious to see her identify all of them when Mary would ask her where they were. Emily knows her ABC's, 1,2 3's and then her Baba (daddy) recited all of the planets with Emily!! We were totally amazed! Curtis stated after they left that Gabriella's smile and laugh absolutely melts his heart ~ he said being around Emily he felt the exact same way!

We had a truly incredible day with Emily, Mary and Robert! I can easily say that our family has expanded by three and we couldn't be happier!! We are hoping that Emily's family can come up this summer for Gabriella's birthday and we are hoping to return to TN this year as well! We are looking forward to many years filled with many special reunions with our families and beautiful daughters that God blessed us with from China:)