Christmas Comes Early

This weekend, we received an early Christmas present from my sister and we have been smiling ever since.

Auntie K has a special touch with video and movie magic, and has made that into a successful career. As families do whenever help is needed with "just a little project," we of course turn to those in our circle who have a talent that we do not. As a return trip to China is fast approaching this March, I had hoped K could transfer some lost video footage from earlier trips onto DVD so that Miz C could see the roots of her story.

My sister has been working on her own projects lately and to add to the stress of preparing her own family for Christmas, both she and my b-i-l have been under the weather for some time. But last week she spent hour upon hour (into the wee hours of the morning!), creating a magical re-telling of Miz C's story. Not simply a download of hours of video footage, but editing, creating chapters, and also splicing in her own wonderful footage of the first meeting of the dynamic duo AND some wonderful scenes of our first 6 months as a family.

The result is the emotional, magical, sometimes funny tale of the child that turned our lives upside down...for the better.

The following is a tiny clip of Miz C that Auntie K pulled into the opening frame of her video. C watches it over and over and over, delighting in that happy baby - and she loves the fact that she can now watch "her" story whenever she wants. (FYI, this clip is a little fuzzy while the DVD version is not.)

Thank you, Auntie K !