Her First Day of School

On this day six years ago, we were sitting in Christiana Hospital ready and excited to meet our baby girl for the first time. But, she was not ready to meet us. Mommy's C-section delivery was rescheduled for several days later. (Read more about that day HERE.)

Today, the roles were reversed. Our baby girl was ready and excited to go to her first day of Kindergarten! But, we were not quite ready for this day. Yet we were so proud of this girl!

We still vividly remember the disappointment on that September 2 day six years ago, when we didn't get to meet her. The day when we still wondered what she would look like and whether she'd ever be able to walk.

Today, we got to WALK with Adria as she entered her new school, excited to start Kindergarten. Amazing.

Yesterday, the first words out of her mouth while still in bed were...

"TOMORROW! FINALLY...I GET TO GO TO SCHOOL. I'VE BEEN WAITING YEARS AND YEARS!"

Hahaha!!! She's too funny.

And of course, we had to photo document this momentous day...

She specifically picked this outfit to wear for her first day.

And baby sister had to join in and show off her Frozen backpack too.

Daddy bought his girls Frozen backpack (Yes, we labeled them...)

Okay, look at Mommy and smile.

Pretty please, look at Mommy for one photo...

Thank you, sweetie! (Even if the sign's not that visible.)

We made it to school on time...yeah! (Mommy had a nightmare about this 2 days before.)

Yeah, the morning sun was bright on this super hot September day.

Just before going in, we saw a familiar face and had her take a family photo. 

Thank you, Laura Schrock!

Running inside!

Right away, Adria saw her pre-school teachers from last year, who were there

to help greet the new Kindergarten class and be familiar faces. She was thrilled!

She almost knocked over her pre-school teacher Mrs. Mozingo with her surprise hug.

Waiting in the gym for the school buses to arrive with the rest of her class.

Sitting with her pre-school friend Tanner.

More of the 18 students in her culturally diverse class arrived.

Selfie shot, while Mommy fights to hold back the tears.

Mommy managed to keep the tears back until I walked back to the van with Daddy and baby sister. There were just a few minutes to shed tears, because right after we dropped of Adria for her first day of Kindergarten, we had to take little sister Johanna to her pre-school Open House. (She starts tomorrow.)

Checking out Johanna's pre-school in Seaford. She'll attend two mornings a week.

Johanna tries out some toys in her classroom.

Their daily schedule is on the wall.

The best part of pre-school...she'll attend with her friend Ali, who is just one day younger.

This is going to be fun. They have baby dolls :)

Ali and Johanna checking out some games.

We greeted other parents and her teachers, but only stayed for about 30 minutes. Mommy still had to get to work after this exciting (and emotion filled) morning! It was a long day as I had to deal with a tough customer and later needed to stay after hours for an appointment.

But, I was able to get the report from Adria that she loved her first day and looks forward to tomorrow. Her teachers agreed...

And she colored this cute picture.

But by the time we needed to get ready for bed...we were all a little grumpy and tired.

Speaking of tired...I seriously need to get to bed.

Thank you, Lord, for preparing us and our daughter's for this special day!

(As you can read HERE, we had much to prepare.)