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Thursday, July 28, 2011

Its a Boy!

Daniel and I are now the proud parents of Wallace Shi-Wing Talley... formerly Shi-Wing Chan of Hong Kong. He is our 3rd child after Gabe (6) and Emma (4). Wallace has down syndrome and turned 6 years old on November 11, 2010 - just 9 days before we met him for the first time. He reached American soil on November 26th, where he met his brother, sister and grandmothers for the first time. He has been home 8 months and 2 days.

Today, we went to the courthouse and I took a pic of all 3 kids... sorry, pics are pretty much straight out of the camera, but you can click on them to view them bigger.
Here is the judge signing the approval!A real family... :)And a HUGE thanks to Lynn Mullins (our social worker), Dennis Ellingburg (friend and pastor) and Alice Talley (Daniel's mom) for coming to support us.... there arent words enough to say how much this meant.And I also had a few tball pics on the camera, so thought you might like to see those as well... Wallace played Challenger ball at the park this summer.batting... Emma was his running partnerI love this picture.Going home!So now, we are officially a family of five... and I can finally put pictures up... its been a struggle to have a million pictures of your family and not be able to post them.... so now I can breathe a sigh of relief and you can enjoy.... :)








8 comments:

Thomason said...

This makes me so extremely happy!! God is so good! I am so thankful for all of His blessings on your family. I know this will be a day that you will never forget and I am so happy to be sharing with you in this excitement all the way in NC! Thank you! Oh- and Lynn Mullins is AMAZING! SO glad she was able to be your assigned social worker!! :)

Dawn said...

Yeah! So happy for you guys. Wallace is a treasure. I love the family pictures but the pictures of Wallace and Emma playing ball are precious....I know you guys have to be so relieved to have this last obstacle over and done with. God has blessed you guys with a wonderful son and opportunity to raise him. BTW Canon LOVES Wallace...lol.

Anonymous said...

Addie, these photos are so wonderful. Very happy for your little family. Wallace is adorable and LOVE LOVE that picture of Wallace and Emma from behind. So sweet. Can't believe how big ALL of your kids are getting. Love you.

Amanda Marsh...not sure if I can sign in on this or not...so I'll be anonymous.

gregsgourmet said...

Great to see pictures of the whole family! Congrats!

A Day In The Life said...

I love it! Congratulations on discovering a way to improve on perfection :D Glad you get to share your joy with all of us now!

Allison said...

Enjoy indeed! I too love the back shot of Wallace and Emma, speaks precious volumes.

Justine said...

Congratulations! Love the pictures, especially the ones of Emma and Wallace. So happy for your family!

Deresa Wallace said...

That's awesome Addie! Congratulations! I didn't see this before, so sorry I didn't comment sooner. I'm so excited for your family.