Ahhhh.
Where to begin on the meaning of this day?
Gabriella is three years old today. Three years ago a precious, beautiful woman clinched the past and the future in our daughters world. She made the brave decision to not only birth our beautiful daughter, but hand her, in love, to the foster mother that would give the first few days of love to her. It would be three days from today that we would first lay eyes on Gabriella. We thought we would be bringing home a boy. You can’t imagine the suprise when we read the doctor’s report……SHE IS…..SHE IS…..She?? What? We have a girl!! ITS A GIRL! And a beautiful darling she was.
Twelve days from today is the day Mike and I stood in a hotel in Guatemala City and waited for what seemed like two lifetimes for Gabriella to be brought to us. And it was another moment written into the pages of eternity by our loving Heavenly Father. How good he is to us! He knew that there was a place in our hearts where only Gabi would fit. He just knew.
And oh, when we finally got to bring her home.
And now….three years later. We have Gabi.
Gabi loves pink. and purple. Horses. Animals. Dirt. Dandelions. Watermelon. Cotton Candy lipsmackers. Sippy Cups of milk first thing in the morning. Her Bubbs. CheeChoo. Pretty Tetty. And HER people.
She is a gift. A treasure from the Lord.
Just found your blog, and what a blessing! Happy Birthday to sweet Gabi, and blessings to you!
happy bday sweet girl! Iona told me today she has a princess dress to sendout to you. Hope Gabi likes to play dress up. Na
THAT just turned on the tears. What a privilege to review God’s blessing in your lives.
PLEASE GIVE THAT GIRL A HUG AND KISS FOR ME!!!
I love you all.
ugh, couldn’t you just not be elequent just once? Now I have to go fix my makeup.
Happy day sweet girl! I still remember your face the day we saw you at the airport!
what a sweet and precious post! my husband and i were just discussing the option of adopting last night (probably not in the very near future without some really strong “God-shoves”) i would love to hear what led you to adopt!
(if it is already posted and i just haven’t found it yet, sorry :>)