Friday, February 22, 2013

Happy Birthday pictures!





We got pictures finally!!!!  I had given up hope, quiet frankly, thinking that she just may be too little for them to get cake for.  Apparently I was wrong!  Yay!!!  She is so sweet - just a little bitty thing, too.  This is so different than my boys; they were both chunks and dense.  God creates us girls totally different and I cannot wait to discover who this little girl is!  The bottom picture is the first one that I have gotten that has even a hint of a smile.  Again, I cannot wait to see true joy on her face and to hear giggles come out of her mouth. 
Daddy is sleeping (he is working nights) so he hasnt seen these, but the boys and I have gone through them many times.

I mailed in the last pieces of our dossier paperwork a few days ago and heard back that it is in the certification/authentication/translation phase.  It should be mailed to China in 2-3 weeks.  Wow!  That is a big step forward!  If everything moves forward, on average, we should be in China August or September!

Rain down manna, Lord, each day, as we continue to move forward!  This verse has really been stuck in my head that past few months - The Lord has appeared of old to me, saying: "Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore with loving kindness I have drawn you."  Jeremiah 31:3.  So thankful for HIS great love for me, my family and Naomi!!