We talk a lot about adoption. Obviously. It is in our prayers, it is within our circle of friends, it is in our hearts, it is in our family, it is in our books. Most nights, MK asks for a story about when she was a baby in China. So, I tell her the story of how we flew to China, all four of us - at this point in the story she always points out that our dog, Finley, stayed home - and we got on a bus, and we went into a building, rode an elevator and when we got off, we heard her talking and then we saw her there by a couch, looking curiously at us, eating a bag of something with her friend, Chloe. If I leave any part of this out, MK quickly says, "Silly you, you forgot the part about...." Adoption is just simply a part of us. And it is a part of who MK is and who she will be. She will never know any different. Case in point, at 3, she is already telling me about her many babies named Goldilocks - all babies in our home are named Goldilocks and they have BLACK hair, but whatever. The other night MK picked up a Goldilocks and said, "Hey mom, look at my sweet baby Goldilocks. I got her from 'Meijing'." My first thought was, "What? Do you mean Beijing? You have never been to Beijing and that particular Goldilocks is the one we gave you when we met you in Chongqing." I said none of this. MK said, "Isn't she sweet? She loves her mommy. I am her mommy." I said, "Yes, she is sweet. Did you get her in Beijing?" MK says, "Yes, I flew to her on the big airplane and got her and now we are a family." This is her story and she is processing it in a normal 3 year old way. I went downstairs and shared this story with Ryan. He said, "Yeah, you know last night that same Goldilocks was born with a cleft lip and palate. The lip had been repaired in China." At the age of three, MK is so accepting of her story, her adoption and her cleft lip/palate. She even, very confidently I might add, told Colin's friend the other evening that she had the best speech ever because she gets to take lessons! LOL. This acceptance and confident attitude - may this always be a part of her.