One Year Old

They tell us they don't know "exactly" when Joylee Aiyu was born.  They know she was premature and was tiny at birth, just a little over three pounds!  She was left where she would be found quickly, an indication of the the love of her birth mother and father.  When she arrived at the orphanage, she was taken to the hospital for about a month of treatment.  They guess that she was about four days old when she was left to be found.  With that, they estimated that she was born on June 28 and that is the date they assigned as her date of birth on all official records.  So, our little girl was born a year ago June 28.  That date came and went and while we celebrated her birthday with a small cake for breakfast, we quickly got into a busy day with Kristine having knee surgery.  It was surreal in many ways.  While we celebrate her year of life, we don't have her here with us yet.  We know she is real and her year of life is more special than we can ever imagine or communicate.  So, we celebrate Aiyu's first year and look forward to many more as a part of the Wells family.