Meeting Cousins in WV for First Time

So sorry to all of you who have been checking the blog site for updates. Since getting home we have been on the go a lot traveling out of state to introduce Kassidy to her family and friends that unfortunately do not live so close. Also, we have been blessed with so many friends and church families that have been giving us showers/open houses that we have been quite busy with those too. While it has been a little very busy at times it has been so much fun and we have enjoyed it and appreciated it more than can be expressed in words and we thank all of you for all the work and time that you have put into making these events in our lives so special.

All these cuties above in the pictures are Kassidy's cousins, Reece, Bobbi Raeann, Ayden and Jaxon in WV who she was meeting for the first time. As you can see, they were all so happy to FINALLY be holding her and playing with her after not only waiting 3.5 years for the adoption but also to have to wait two weeks after we got home to the US for us to finally be rested up enough to travel to see them. I think that two weeks for them was harder than the 3.5 year wait, which I know I would be out of my mind crazy too if it had been me to be so close yet not be able to see her yet. While her cousin Jaxon is only a couple months older than she is, he is all boy and when picking her up and then picking him up, he is like one big muscle and so heavy compared to her. I wish I had got a picture of their hands together because his hands are so much bigger than hers it is just so funny. At first, he was ready to get to her and play (which is a little too aggressive as far as she was concerned). The first few days she cried every time she even saw him in the same room. She was like "Oh no...not him again." BUT after a few days she was holding her own. She got brave and would put her hand in his face and pull his hair before he would have the chance to get to her which he more or less thought was funny. I don't think she intimidated him at all but we will see how that goes in the years to come! hehe