Lennah's adoption not only touched out lives by making us parents but also by bringing a special person into my life who hopefully will be a life long friend. After we found out about Lennah some how ( I cannot remember how) but we got in contact with another family who on the same day accepted the referral of a little girl. Shortly after they got her referral we got in contact with each other and quickly hit it off as friends. This has been a wonderful friendship for us because her daughterLilly comes from the same orphanage as Lennah and hopefully the two girls will grow in a friendship that because of Jamie and my friendship they will be able to maintain. After we adopted our girls we went through our second adoptions together and she brought home a spirited little boy named Abel and I adopted Delylah who are both from the same orphanage. We hope that they might have a life long bond as well. Even though we live hundreds of miles apart our friendship is one that is based on the love of our children and she is a friend that hopefully we will stay connected and keep bringing our families together. Recently we were blessed with a visit from Jamie and her family and it was a great one. We started off her visit with a get together from the other Illien families who have adopted from Ethiopia and had a wonderful time. We also took all the kids to the American Girl store. WE had some other fun times bringing the kids to the museum and waterpark and watching their friendships develop (Lennah was not very social in the beginning of their visit being the selfish that toy is mine child that she is). We had a great time and hopefully this pictures will do her visit justice. We loved getting to know her older girls Chloe and Wesleigh. We are just so fortunate for her friendship. I have loved having such a great friend to turn too when we need advice on anything.
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