I just had to post, even though I'm supposed to be working. I was blog surfing yesterday and came across this: http://www.allarepreciousinhissight.blogspot.com/ I've been glued to this site ever since. I know our God is amazing, awesome, the great healer, our friend, our comforter,...choose an adjective! But I have watched a scene play out that has blown me away. Follow this blog for the day. Witness the miracles.


On a lighter note, our sweet daughter has truely struggled since we went away for an anneversary weekend. She has clung to me like velcro and rejected everyone else around. She has cried. She has screamed. She has clung breathlessly to me. We thought, here we go, it's been 7 months and now here comes the issues. Jeff picked her up from preschool and "talked" to her about how much we loved her and how much he loved being her daddy. He told me, I think she really understood. That night I told her too. How much she means to us, how she completed our family, how our family was forever. She told me "I loves you mommy". I left crying knowing she understood. Since that night she is sleeping, she is playing, she is seperating, she is going to Jeff and to her brothers. Our sweet girl is back. I know there will be many issues. I know that we have been completely God covered to have had no more issues than we have. Our little miracle continues to be that Emma loves us and we love her. How did God do it! How did he take people from the other sides of each others worlds and make them a family! Our God is great.

6 months being a family of 5

It's been a wonderful and trying 6 months. We had our 6 month post placement visit from the social worker. She was very nice and the visit went well. We were telling her how clearly Emma belongs to us, how well she fits in with our family, what a perfect fit she is, what a great temperment she has,... on and on we gushed. Of course miss bossy was ordering everyone around like she owned the place and we looked like the most permissive pie in the sky parents in the world but who cares. I'll sum it all up with what Emma says: Daddy happy? Mommy happy? Jackson happy? Sam happy? Emma happy!

Zoo Time

We went to the zoo today. Jackson and his friend Kaylyn and Sam and his friend Jared, me and Emma and off we went. We had received a season family pass for a shower gift and it was great. First day of Spring, 75 degrees and sunny, my babies all around me,....the only thing missing was Jeff. He had to work this weekend so it was just me and everybody. We took some silly pictures, got hot and sweaty and just had a great time. We were in Columbia and a trip there is never complete without a trip to the USC bookstore. We got our Gamecock gear for the summer. Emma got her first taste of Gamecock silliness. Fun was had by all.

Silly pictures abound

Just a quick note. Emma got her hair trimmed today and I got a pigtail lesson. Not very long yet but she's very proud. 

Let it snow......

I messed up the earlier post previewing it. We got about 3 inches of snow in 4 hours last night. It was a real sight and Emma was really excited. Jack ended up in a front yard but Mr Potts pulled him out this morning. We were blocking his driveway this morning trying to figure out what to do and he came out with the chain and pulled Jack out of his front ditch. No car damage, no teenager damage. We tried our hand at a snowman this morning but the powdery snow wouldn't cooperate. We tried a snow angel next but leaves showed through where our wings were supposed to be. We got wet and irritable and tried our hand at coming inside and watching the dogs play in the snow. I think that was our best idea.

missy 

Let it snow......

We've been delinquent posters!

We've been home now for 4 months and I'm finally ready to post. I'll try to be a little more regular, at least with pictures. Emma is doing great! I got to stay home with her until just before Christmas. It was a wonderful time for both of us. I really miss being with her but daycare has been wonderful for her.

Daycare was the first real issue we had. I thought I had the perfect place all set up. I hadn't told many people about her special need but I felt like it was important to disclose it to her caregiver. After I did, there suddenly wasn't a space for her. I was really angry at first. I had tried to do the right thing and I felt like it blew up in my face. I went searching for another place. I picked a popular place with a long waiting list of course. It had small classes and in the room she would be in was another adopted Asian child. With the long list I thought it impossible to get her in. I was so grateful and gratified when they had a place for her. Then the real test. I disclosed to them her need as well. No problem. I guess God was just getting us to the right place for our Emma. She wasn't to happy at first but taking the carpool at the same time so that everyone goes to school has been the ticket. She is happy when I drop her off and happy when I pick her up. They love her. She's making friends and starting to play with the other kids. At first she only wanted to be on the sidelines. As her english has improved, she has interacted more and more with her new friends. It's a precious time.

That's all for now. Just suffice to say that she is doing better than we could have ever dreamed. We've of course had a few hiccups but no major ordeals. Her brothers love her, she loves all of us, our church family thinks the belong to not only us but to them as well, she is sleeping and eating well and becoming more beautiful everyday. I thank God for my lovely daughter.