This little girl in the montage below has captured our hearts ever since we first saw her on 2 November 2009. Her name is Nyla Hanna Johnson. Nyla is the name we chose for her. Hanna (the two "a"s are pronounced like the "a"s in "mama") is her given Ethiopian name.
We became her legal parents today, on 26 Jan 2010. She is amazing! I can't believe she is now legally our daughter and Jalen's sister. She's been our daughter in our hearts since the moment we saw her, but today it became official. Jalen is sooo excited to be a big brother. I told him yesterday that we will pray extra hard so that the judge will decide that "yes, we can be Hanna's parents and he can be her big brother". To this Jalen said: "But you are already her parents and I'm already her brother!" .... Cute .... the mind of a 5 year old ... huh!
Hanna and Jalen are our two perfect little gifts from above!!! We are sooo blessed!!!
Enjoy the montage I put together of pictures and videos that other families have brought back to us from Ethiopia. To all of them [you know who you are :) ... credits at the end of the montage] this is for you: We thank you so much for the priceless gift you have given us to cherish forever, not just for us ... but also for our daughter, Nyla Hanna!!! Thank you very much for the pictures and videos!!!
We became her legal parents today, on 26 Jan 2010. She is amazing! I can't believe she is now legally our daughter and Jalen's sister. She's been our daughter in our hearts since the moment we saw her, but today it became official. Jalen is sooo excited to be a big brother. I told him yesterday that we will pray extra hard so that the judge will decide that "yes, we can be Hanna's parents and he can be her big brother". To this Jalen said: "But you are already her parents and I'm already her brother!" .... Cute .... the mind of a 5 year old ... huh!
Hanna and Jalen are our two perfect little gifts from above!!! We are sooo blessed!!!
Enjoy the montage I put together of pictures and videos that other families have brought back to us from Ethiopia. To all of them [you know who you are :) ... credits at the end of the montage] this is for you: We thank you so much for the priceless gift you have given us to cherish forever, not just for us ... but also for our daughter, Nyla Hanna!!! Thank you very much for the pictures and videos!!!
