HAPPY 1ST BIRTHDAY, ALESHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Today is our precious baby girl's 1st birthday!!! As I think about not having my daughter with me on her birthday it makes me think of her birth mother. I am so thankful for her birth mother choosing life for her baby. I pray for her today as I am sure her heart is aching along with mine. We are so thankful God has given our family this precious gift. We stand is awe of how God has put all the pieces together and look forward to bringing our daughter home soon.
We are going to cook Indian food for dinner tonight and have a little party just the four of us. The boys have already baked her cake and will decorate it this afternoon. We will take pictures and I will post them in the next couple of days.
I am so thankful that we have moved on to the guardianship phase of the process. Hopefully it won't be too many more months before we have our daughter home. There will be lots of other birthdays and other special days to celebrate with her.
Alesha, we love you so much and look forward to the day when we can fly to India, hold you in our arms, tell you how much we love you, give you tons of hugs and kisses, and then bring you back home with us as a family of 5.
Love always,
Mommy, Daddy, Martin and Luke
7 comments:
Happy Birthday to your sweet, beautiful Alesha!!! I'm so sorry she is not here to celebrate with her family. I will be praying for you today as you celebrate without her. We had to do this with Daya's 1st and it was a tough one for me. But it made her 2nd birthday all the more special! :)
Lots of hugs,
Kristi W.
April,I often think about Maiya's birthmom too!:)I hope that she knows in her heart that her daughter has a home. I believe God can give her peace just as he did us when he showed us who our daughter was.
Have a great time celebrating and doesn't it feel great to be in the courts?:) Hoping good news comes soon for both of us!! Gidget
Happy Birthday. Hope you are together soon! She is precious.
It is so wonderful to prepare for your daughter in this way. Although she is not able to be with you now, she will one day know, from reading this remembrance, how much she was loved before you even met face to face.
Enjoy the celebration!
Julie R
Praying for you April! I remember how hard it was for me to miss Simeon's bday. You are doing the best thing and that is celebrating in spite of everything. Alesha would want you to do that :) Happy Birthday sweet girl!
Ouch! Happy birthday, little girl! I know you want to have her home, April... moving closer each day, my friend. Eat a big slice of cake for me:)
Laura
I always think of Anya Rashi's birthparents on her birthday, too. I wonder what their circumstances are, and if they think of her on that day . . . and I always wish there were some way they could know that she's safe and happy.
She will be so happy to read this account someday and realize how much her big brothers loved her before they met her -- and her mama and daddy too.
Nancy
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