Our 1st Gotcha Day Started A Little Something Like This!

So I woke early this morning and blew up a dozen balloons with the helium tank. Grace loves balloons. So while Grace was sleeping soundly......
I quietly entered and released the balloons to hover above her bedThis was the priceless look on her face when she opened her eyes and saw BALLOONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

She immediately sat up and begin grabbing the ribbons and took hold of all her balloons.

And then she stood and just took it all in.....she LOVED IT!

So she carried them around with her and then we tied them to a chair where she ate breakfast and then pushed the chair around the house wherever she went the balloons went with her. So sweet when I put her down at nap, she looked at me and said Mommy balloons. It was worth a shot right? She wanted to awake again at naptime to more.....if only we could all wake up each day with our lives being celebrated in such a way! Her life is truly worth celebrating and the way God brought our lives together on this special day still takes my breath away. Our children really do come to us in all different ways, only God could bring them to us from a world away!

This little girl has taught us so much. I can't imagine we have given her a fraction of what she has given us. She is a bundle of joy. She has a contagious laugh, an unfathomable amount of joy inside such a tiny little vessel, the same amount of determination and strength she exudes astonishes me each day. Our little girl is a fighter in every sense of the word. There is a part of her story many don't know. But this little miracle we call Grace, is lucky to be alive. It is her shere will to live and favor of God on her life that she is here today. She pushes through and has perseverance beyond her years. She will also fight you or should I say take you out if you are in her way or try to take something of hers that well is "mine" - right Lily? She could tell you. On the other hand this little girls heart runs deep. She is always saying thank you, your welcome, God bless you, are you okay? Kissing someones boo boo or tending to you if your body hurts or your heart. She senses pain and goes right to the place with liquid love that melts you. She has an incredible sense of humor and is always making us laugh and you can't go a day without this little girl we get to call our daughter putting a smile upon your face and forever touching the lives of those she meets. We are blessed to be called her mommy and daddy. I just hope somewhere across this vast land in a country far far away, where this little girl took her first breath in the arms of another mommy, this day God gives this woman peace in her heart to know her little girl is now and forever will be loved! Thank you for her life!