The Stickley family adventures started in Hawaii in 2005 when Cris and Emilie were married. The real excitement began in May 2008, when Nova was born. 2 short months later, our little June-Bug joined the family from all the way in Vietnam. The next few crazy years included Emilie being deployed to Afghanistan, while Cris and the girls moved back to Hawaii, then a long year of living apart (and a lot of trips across the Pacific Ocean), while Emilie remained in Colorado to complete her Army committment, and Cris had to stay in Hawaii for his job at the University.

In the summer of 2012, little Jude joined our family, and the whole gang reunited for good in Hawaii!

Follow our adventures, as we try to keep track of life with our 3 crazy kids, while keeping our friends and family updated on the happenings here in Hawaii!

Friday, June 5, 2009

one year ago


on this exact date, at almost this exact time, one year ago, i opened my email and found the I600 approving us to travel to vietnam to get Juneau! After all of our adoption ups and downs, our lost referral, the pending country closure, and the fears that we would never, ever, get Juneau home, the day finally came when i was positive that she would be our girl forever.

i have so many incredibly special days to remember about Juneau's adoption: our referral day, our giving & recieving date, and the first day i held juneau. each of them have special meaning. And one year ago today meant that we officially, finally, were going to bring home our baby girl.
one year ago today our prayers were answered.


Posted by Cris and Em at 8:08 PM  

1 comments:

Kelli said...

Wow- I can't believe it's been a year. Juneau is beautiful in that picture!

June 6, 2009 at 4:09 PM  

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