I meant to write a note yesterday and just never got to it... Yesterday was our 4th anniversary. It's amazing how time flies. I remember being all caught up in the wedding hype, even though my husband would have loved to just elope (not that I think that's a bad idea now :). I wanted my day in my white dress, with flowers, and cake, and friends, and family. We had a wonderful wedding day surrounded by the family and friends we loved... And thankfully, that only happens once in your life because it is A LOT of stress :). It has been a good 4 years. Crazy, at times, but good! I can't imagine a better person to go through this life with. And we are now blessed with two very special God-given boys!
Now, on to one of those boys. Today is baby's first birthday! I would say it's hard to believe he is one and how time flies, but of course, we have only had him for two months. So instead I will say, Happy Birthday Baby and I'm so glad that God brought you into our lives. We couldn't have been blessed with a happier, more wonderful baby.
I was a bit sad yesterday, we were shopping for things to put on the baby's room walls to make it look more like a little boy room and less like a guest room. We found a baby wall hanging, and it was really cute. Then I looked closer. It was supposed to have one picture for each month of the first year of the baby's life. I can't put pictures in except from 9 months on. That was a little dose of reality. However, even though I am a bit sad on missing out on the first part of his life. I am extremely thankful to have him for his first birthday.
Looking back I realized that for Austin's first birthday, while we did celebrate it, we celebrated it at his foster parent's house. We were just guests. So for baby number 2, I am very thankful that we celebrate his first birthday with him in our home - not as guests but as parents.
God has blessed us in the 4 years we have been married. I realized that for 3 of those years we have been in some kind of an adoption process. God has been so good to us. When we first started the process we were told never to expect small babies from foster care. Yet baby number 1 was 12 months old when we brought him home - 6 days after his 1st birthday, and baby number 2 came home at 9 months. God has worked miracles in our lives. While I would never be perfectly honest if I didn't say that I am hoping that someday a baby will join our home at birth, I am still so amazingly blessed and thankful for the precious children God has given us. He hand-picked them for us. They are perfect for our family, even though they are from two different sets of parents. Adoption is a blessing from God.
On that day when we said our vows, we had no idea where life would take us. We had already decided to adopt knowing that we probably wouldn't ever have children of our own. Standing on this day looking back, I'd say God has worked miracles in our lives greater things of which we could never ask or think!
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