It is really hard to believe that we are celebrating 1 year home with Hannah. In many ways it seems like she has always been with us, but still it seems like just yesterday that we were picking her up from Jane's House, flying half way across the world to meet her brothers/sisters.
What a year it has been. Filled with so much joy and laughter as we watched her grow from the scared 7 month old to the confident 19 month old she is today. Her smile will light up a room, she is cute and naughty all at the same time. Her siblings adore her and think its pretty cool because she knows their names. They laugh at her when she says her new favorite word..."NO" (I don't think its very funny). She does not miss a beat and has to be where the action is. Her vocabulary is growing, mommy, daddy, Bible, God, more, please, thank you just to name a few. Her cuteness helps at 4:00am when she wakes up screaming and you go to pick her up and she falls right back to sleep, I guess she misses me.
We have learned to be a family of 7. Sometimes as I look at our family picture on the wall I can't believe God has entrusted me with 5 of his precious children. Some days I am weary, so many needs, so many difficulties, some one is always crying or needing something, BUT that too is a part of life and if I have learned one thing this year is that God always meets you right where you are. He wants you in those struggles so you are completely dependent on Him. I can not be rely on my own strength. He fills me up on the bad days and gives me the strength to go on and find real JOY in the middle of the yucky stuff.
What a year it has been. Filled with so much joy and laughter as we watched her grow from the scared 7 month old to the confident 19 month old she is today. Her smile will light up a room, she is cute and naughty all at the same time. Her siblings adore her and think its pretty cool because she knows their names. They laugh at her when she says her new favorite word..."NO" (I don't think its very funny). She does not miss a beat and has to be where the action is. Her vocabulary is growing, mommy, daddy, Bible, God, more, please, thank you just to name a few. Her cuteness helps at 4:00am when she wakes up screaming and you go to pick her up and she falls right back to sleep, I guess she misses me.
We have learned to be a family of 7. Sometimes as I look at our family picture on the wall I can't believe God has entrusted me with 5 of his precious children. Some days I am weary, so many needs, so many difficulties, some one is always crying or needing something, BUT that too is a part of life and if I have learned one thing this year is that God always meets you right where you are. He wants you in those struggles so you are completely dependent on Him. I can not be rely on my own strength. He fills me up on the bad days and gives me the strength to go on and find real JOY in the middle of the yucky stuff.
As I look over this year I see God's faithfulness in the good, the bad, and the ugly. His hand is over all and in all. Do you see it in your life?
