Happy Gotcha Day

Two Years Later

Lennah's Gotcha Day Photos

It was two years ago today that we met our beautiful oldest daughter. It is hard to believe that it has only been two years that we have been Lennah's mommy and daddy because it seems like she has been apart of our family forever. Recently we have been watching videos of our time in Vietnam and sharing with lennah her story and how mommy and daddy came to get her in Vietnam. This is something that is still hard for her to grasp but she will tell you that she is from Nam and wants to watch the baby in Nam on TV. She has truly been a blessing in our lives and in many ways she paved the way for us to become parents twice.

I think back to that first day and being so in awe on becoming a mommy. She was a cheerful little baby and still is today. As a matter of fact she has always been full of energy and for those of you who know her can attest to that fact. She has grown so much in so many ways and so have we as a family because of her. We just want her to know that we love her more than words can express and we are so thankful that God chose us to raise this beautiful little girl. We also thank her other mommy who gave her to us. We know it was a hard decision to make and because of her love we were able to become parents and for that we will be eternally greatful.

In two years we have seen Lennah go from being a 7 1/2 month old who could already hold herself up and walk around furniture into an almost 32 month old who has a serious mind of her own. She likes to pick out her outfits for the day, likes to help mommy on some days, gets into mischief on others, can recognize letters of the alphabet, shapes, sizes, colors, etc. All in all we have one smart little girl. She also never forgets anything so don't try to pull a fast one on her.

On a second note it was one year ago today that we were waiting for decision from the Ethiopian courts granting Delylah's adoption. We received a devastating phone call saying that the courts wanted the birth mother produced to grant the adoption and we were told that this would not happen because she was homeless and untraceable. It was devestating news and we thought Delylah would never be brought home but miracles do happen (More to follow on this story coming up Thursday).