A special week

Above, Quinn on 9/25/08. Below, Quinn on 9/20/09.

This week holds a lot of memories and will forever be special. On 9/20/08 we arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam. On 9/23/08 we met and held Quinn for the first time. On 9/24/08 we had our G&R ceremony and officially adopted Quinn. We then flew back to Hanoi that same night. On 9/25/08 we had our first full day as a family.

Sometimes it seems hard to believe its been a year and other times it feels like its always been the three of us. Quinn has grown to be a fun, loving, chatty little toddler. Its been so much fun over the past year to see all of his firsts and they will just keep coming. He seems to be saying new words weekly now. In the past few days he learned to say the dog's name. His name is Zeke but Quinn calls him Deke. Z's are a little hard to say! He still loves music and loves to dance. I need to get some video of his dance moves to put on the blog.

I've been wanting to make this week a special one and thought maybe I should cook a Vietnamese meal every year on 9/24. But, then I don't think I should only cook Vietnamese once a year. So, as Quinn gets older maybe we'll celebrate 9/24 in different ways. This year I'm going to attempt to cook stir-fried vermicelli with vegetables. This is something that seems very easy and something Quinn would eat. I found this recipe on www.saigoncooking.com in case anyone is interested. There seemed to be many easy recipes.

I think most adoptive families celebrate "gotcha day" or "forever family day". I think we'll celebrate all week!