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    Hi, my name is Jonni and I am Mommy to Sofia (5 years old) and Samantha (5 years old) and wife to John. We reside in upstate NY. Our daughters are 5 mos. apart in age and a whole lot of fun. Sofia is from Jinchang City, Gansu and she turned 11 mos. during our trip to bring her home from China in 2007. Samantha is 5 mos. older but was our 2nd adoption. She was 3 years, 4 mos. when we brought her home from China in 2009. She is from Yangzhou City, Jiangsu.

    I love blogging about our girls, photography, fonts, printables & crafts and I also have a slightly obsessive John Mayer addiction. Thank you for stopping by. :)

Category Archives: Our Girls

Samantha’s One Hundred Good Wishes Quilt & Sweater from Norie

I have really fallen behind on posting things to the ol’ blog. One thing that I did not want to miss posting about is Samantha’s One Hundred Good Wishes Quilt. A One Hundred Good Wishes Quilt or Bai Jia Bei is a tradition from the northern part of China. When welcoming and celebrating a new life,…

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Sharon - It’s gorgeous! What a great thing to do.

Sue - beautiful!!

We Celebrated Samantha’s 2 Year Referral Anniversary on May 6th

It is so hard for me to believe that we received Samantha’s referral 2 years ago on May 8, 2009. I remember the day like it was just yesterday. Our agency had just received access to the list after not having it for approx. 18 months when the CCAA changed the China Special Needs Program….

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Debbi Napolitano - Congratulations Jonni – What a wonderful blog! It is so amazing how we ended up with the daughters we were supposed to have, isn’t it?

Amy Smith-Kepler - Beautiful post. Congratulations on the two year anniversary of one of the best days of your life!

Trish Swyers Freid - I heard from Heather today….we need to set up a time to get together with the girls! Too much time has passed!

Jo - As you have been watching those two little darlings grow and flourish I feel like I have been watching YOU (from accross the Atlantic) do the same, both as a mom and a photographer. And it has been a joy to watch.

National Adoption Day/Samantha’s Readoption Day

On November 19th we attended the National Adoption Day event at The Oncenter in Syracuse, NY to celebrate Samantha’s readoption. You may remember we attended the same event back in 2008 for Sofia. You can click here to view that post. The day was so special and the local news interviewed us. I was holding…

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Elise from ILP - Goosebumps! Soooo beautiful.

Our 1 Year Family Day Anniversary with Samantha, 1 Year China Update with Our Social Worker & Samantha’s Family Day Video

Wow, how can it already be 1 year that our sweet Samantha has been home with us? Seems like just yesterday that we were holding her in our arms for the first time. So many changes have occurred in the past year. It was really hard to look back through these pictures of our first…

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MARY - Your story is one of the best I’ve heard all year! It is so precious that I cried. You are such kind and loving people to open your hearts to such beautiful girls.

May God Bless your family!

Robin - Jonni,
That was beautiful! I was speechless by the end. You and John have come a long way with those two beautiful girls and are both amazing parents. I was blessed to be with you and John during your first journey to China and after this video it made me feel like I was there with you again…..God Bless you and your family.
love to all of you
Robin

Ivy Shaffer - Jonni,
What a beautfiul video. I had tears in my eyes watching your journey. What a precious keepsake for both of your girls.

A year sure does make a difference! They’ve both grown even more beautiful:))

Just love what you did, plus it was nice to sort of meet you LOL. We do have to get the girls together one day!!!

xoxo

Ivy

Erin Lore - You are one creative, Super-Woman! I feel like I was there. Thanks for sharing!! Erin

Carla - Thank you Jonni! What a wonderful video.

Love ya!

Carla

Tracy Wood - Awwwwww…..I have no more tears left!!!! That was a beautiful story (I had to pause several time to wipe away my tears). Words cannot express how happy I am for you, John and your beautiful, perfect, sweetest girls!!!! God’s plan is evident everytime I see the pictures of your amazing family.

Love Ya’ll : )
Tracy

♥ Our 3 Year Referral Anniversary of Our Sweet Sofia ♥

I can hardly believe that it was 3 years ago today that John and I received the most wonderful news of our lives, we had a daughter waiting in China. We were filled with so much joy and excitement and a lot of relief that we would soon be holding our daughter in our arms….

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Anonymous - You make me so proud to be your Mom.

redmaryjanes - Wonderful!

kerri - Happy refferal anniversary to a wonderful family, hope it was extra special..

Yoli - Happy Anniversary!!

Sue - ahhhh sweet picture(s). Happy Anniversary Sergi Family!

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