July 2012 was a monumental month in the fairy tale we call life.
***Ava's reunion***
On Thursday 12th July, Ava got to meet her birth mother and bio sister for the first time!! I was soo excited to see "T" and to finally meet Ava's biological sister.
We went over to Mayte's house and let the kids all play in the water together. It was very comfortable and lovely to spend time together and to see Ava interact with her birth family. Ava of course loved all the attention and performed to anyone willing to look her way.
We were able to have a nice big family dinner with all of the Pugmire family and most of Ava's biological family, it was very special to see everyone together. Ava's birth mother, sister and Puertorican grandma, grandpa, aunt and bio cousins were all there along with her adoptive family, cousins and grandparents.
It was just amazing to see how much love surrounds her, and how adoption truly is a miracle!
Our precious gift from Heavenly Father, given to us through the love of her birth mother.... we will never forget what we have been blessed with.
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Kyle's reunion....
Bright and early the next morning, we set off on our road trip to Texas, to meet Kyle's birth parents. It was a long journey and involved MANY stops off at the side of the road, and several gas station encounters. We ate waaay too much fast food and watched aLOT of movies, but finally we arrived in San Antonio Texas. We arranged with Shannon and Patrick to meet up at IHOP first thing in the morning. The following morning I woke up early but it was still dark so I went back to sleep, I woke up every 15 minutes but I knew it must still be really early because it was still soo dark in our hotel room, finally a thought dawned on me "blackout curtains???" ooooooh nooooo.... I jumped up and opened the curtains, allowing the sun to fill the room, all of a sudden I felt panicked, we were late!! I urgently awoke everybody and called Patrick's cell phone to apologise and make a plan. We really struggled to understand each other on the phone with our accents. We decided to meet up at the Alamo.
Mark and I walked from our hotel with the children, I felt myself looking at everybody we encountered to see if I would recognise them. San Antonio is FUN there was sooo much to see,
we got in line at the Alamo, and I saw them coming towards us, Finally.... our lovely birth mother Shannon and her amazing husband Patrick... Kyle's wonderful birth parents! This was really happening!!
When Kyle saw them he immediately got really shy and was hiding his face. Patrick soon coaxed him out and the rest of the weekend they were inseparable!! It was beautiful to witness. I remember thinking how cool it must be for Kyle to see all these pieces of his puzzle together. We spent the day together on the Riverwalk, we went on a boat and then we got some mexican food!! It was alot of fun.
Shannon asked us if we wanted to go swimming in their apartment complex, we decided we wanted to take the little ones back to the hotel to nap, but asked if kyle and Brody could go swimming with them. It was a great idea!! The boys had soo much fun with Shannon and Patrick, and They got to spend some time with Kyle. It was perfect!!
The next day we all went to Seaworld together, it was amazing!! Kyle was following Patrick around the park like a little puppy!! We had a great day together. We spent that night at Shannon and Patricks house, Patrick made us a delicious dinner. They were sooo kind to us. We love them!
The following day it was time to leave, It was hard to say goodbye, so while Shannon and Patrick were at work, we had kyle write some messages to them on post-its and stick them all around the house!
We absolutely loved spending time with our family in Texas, we love you both and miss you xxx
quote of the week.. Brody~ "I wish I had a birthmother!!!!"
How did we get soo lucky????
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