What a truly blessed Christmas

Everything I hoped it would be. That would be how to best describe our first Christmas with Anna home. We couldn't have been blessed more. What a truly awesome Christmas present to have our sweet daughter home for Christmas. No more wondering when we would be parents or wondering what she would look like or wondering what Christmas morning would be like. We got to experience it and it was great!

Anna really understood more than we thought she would about Christmas. She was excited about Santa coming, not too happy about Santa getting the cookies and milk and she didn't but very happy Christmas morning to wake up walk out to the living room and see all that she got for Christmas. She seemed a little shocked at first but then she took it all in and had a blast. She went right for her play kitchen and after a few minutes she noticed her Minnie Mouse doll under the tree. Then she started ripping left and right opening all her gifts. It was truly magical to watch it all. We then went to Birmingham and enjoyed a few days with my side of the family..well some of my side. We then came back to Mississippi to spend some time with Scott's side of the family. We had a great time with them as well. Now to find a place to put all the new toys....what a great problem to have :). So that's all for now. Truly a blessed Christmas.

10 Wonderful Months

We have been together as three for ten wonderful months. We went and got our usual Chinese after Anna's speech therapy session. She did really well today trying to sound out new words. I know it won't be long before she is talking up a storm.

I can't believe it has been 10 months. It has gone so incredibly fast. I know we'll be looking back and ten years will have gone by before we know it. I can't say it enough...God has truly blessed us. Please continue to pray for God's guidance for us as we walk along this journey God has laid before us. Next post will be Christmas YEAH!!!!!!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Last night it snowed at our house. We went out to dinner and then we decided to drive around and look at Christmas lights. We made a pit stop by Chickfila for a chocolate shake and when we got there we looked in the back seat and Anna was zonked out so she missed the Christmas lights and the snow but thankfully the ground was covered in it this morning. So we all bundled up and headed outdoors. Anna didn't like walking in it but she did like to catch it as it fell from the trees....too cute.

I'm sorry it has been awhile since I blogged. It has been crazy busy around our house. We headed to Birmingham for Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time with some of my side of the family. Anna got to play with her cousins Elijah, Tyler and Izzy so she had a ball. We ate too much and truly enjoyed spending a few days off with family. It was our first Thanksgiving with Anna and we look forward to many, many more.

As we approach Christmas I can't stop thinking about all the Christmases that came and went while we waited for God to bless us with a child. This Christmas is so special to us. We finally get to do all the fun Christmas traditions with our sweet Anna Banana. We took her to see Santa and she did better than I expected. Like I mentioned earlier we took her to see lights and she missed it by sleeping but we'll go see some more. We are looking forward to Christmas morning. There is nothing like seeing Christmas through a child's eyes. It is truly a magical thing.

We thank God for a sweet miracle. Everyday God shows us just what a treasure Anna truly is. We are working on speech therapy. Her therapist is a very sweet lady that Scott and I joke about is a grown up Anna. She is so bubbly and happy a truly good fit for Anna. We have already seen some improvements in Anna's speech. Please pray that God will loose Anna's tongue and that she'll be able to start saying the sounds she needs to say to put together English words. She is babbling her own "Anna" language a ton but we need her to start speaking a language we understand...and she is trying so I know before we know it she'll be speaking up a storm. There are other obstacles we are facing as we go down this journey and I don't feel at freedom to discuss them except that we covet your prayers. God knows what I am speaking of and I know that He is in control but even still this mama's heart really needs to feel God's presence in a way I never have before as we walk down this new part of the journey. We are truly blessed this Christmas season to have our sweet girl. Thank you Jesus.