October 13th is a special day in these parts... we celebrate the day that all the paperwork was finalized and this wild girl was finally, officially-on-paper a Koenig. It was the day that we could all breathe a collective sigh of relief that everything was official. We've called it "Gotcha Day" but that doesn't really feel appropriate since we've "had" her since birth. So Stella renamed it "Stella Picks Day"... the reason is two-fold:
1) she gets to pick her perfect day
2) For those who don't know, Stella has told us the most amazing story in which she was once a fairy and she had the chance to come Earth-side and become a human and she chose us as her parents because she knew that we would be "the best parents in the world" and that she wanted to fix our broken hearts because she could feel them even in Fairy-land. She chose her bio mom to have her because she trusted that she would choose Christopher and me and that she would nurture her and love her while she was in her tummy (and yes, we have sobbed every time she's told this story and added on to it... its beautiful and incredible and we absolutely love it).
So... Stella Picks Day it is!
This year she decided she wanted Shake Shack for lunch, to go to the indoor waterpark, shopping at the lego store, the arcade, sushi for dinner, ice cream for dessert, and she wanted her friends Reese and Laremy (and their parents) to come along too! We vetoed the arcade since she had French class in the morning and it was just too much... but everything else, we delivered!
We didn't take pictures actually IN the waterpark- we just enjoyed our time there! These are before we went in...
Cotton Candy ice cream on a gluten free cone!
She also requested to sleep in our bed... these two fools passed out quickly and hard after such a big day!
It was a great day! I think any excuse to celebrate her and her very special story is super important. As she gets older we are delving deeper into what adoption means and is and she's asking much harder questions that, some, I just dont have the answer for. We had a rough couple of days about a week before this day and on one hand it felt really weird to celebrate this day and on the other hand it felt vital. Navigating the waters of adoption is one of the most difficult things I have ever done in my life and we are just scratching the surface at 7 years old. I know it will only get more difficult from here and my deepest hope is that future Stella knows how much she is loved, wanted, supported, and understood.
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