8 Years Ago!

June 19th marks a very special day for our family! It is the day that our "firecracker", "spicy girl" joined our family! Our lives were changed forever! We had been blessed with two amazing sons and God chose to bless our family with one more gift! We are thankful for the impact that this beautiful young lady has had on our life! We have seen her grow in amazing ways! She is the youngest of the group that was adopted that day! We have seen her caring heart from the very first day! When other babies would cry, she would want to go see why and help them if she could. We have seen her accomplish great goals in her education and also her athletics! We have seen her passion grow in her heart for Jesus and her relationship with Him. We have seen her love for China grow each and every day! We have seen her love for her brothers grow greatly! Yes, they have their days, just like any other siblings! But there are the days that you see them laughing together, reading together or watching movies and playing games together! God has done a wonderful thing with those three! We are blessed to be her parents, but our hearts still think about the decisions of another person that is still very important to our lives! We don't have any information on this person and don't know a thing about her...but truly are thankful for the decision that she made 9 years ago! We don't remember what life was like before Hope came on the scene! We think of this sweet baby that was placed in our arms 8 years ago and the thoughts that must have been going on in her head...and compare that now to the amazing young lady that you ALWAYS know the thoughts that are going on in her head! She has become quite the chatter box (most of the time)! Life continues to get exciting as we watched the sweet baby that couldn't walk when she first was placed in our arms to now doing toe loops on the ice as she trains to compete in different ice skating competitions! Our hope is to be able to take her on trip back to "her" China soon as her questions and her thoughts are needing some processing that I feel will only be answered by taking such a trip! She is truly a treasure to all those that meet her! Love ya Baby of Mine!