Five Months Home for Abigail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuKR68qgoLM

For this child I prayed; and the LORD hath given me my petition which I asked of him: I Samuel 1:27

I hoped to complete this post yesterday to mark Abigail's 5 month anniversary at home with us. As usual, time got away from me so I am a day late. The past 5 months has flown by and it has been a tremendous experience for our family. On March 20th, we saw Abigail for the 2nd time with the first time being in October 2006 when we visited New Day while in China to bring Shane home. As we looked down at the one year old sleeping in her crib, we had no idea that 2 1/2 years later we would be bringing her home as our fourth child! Isn't God great!

We have gone from a little girl that obviously was very happy at New Day and did not want a new family to a girl that now loves her family, her home, her Sunday School, and her bed! Abigail loved her native Chinese tongue and I could tell that she resisted speaking English. She knew some English when we arrived in China on March 20th but she pretended that she did not. For the entire two weeks we were there, she refused to speak English. She chattered non-stop with anyone that she came in contact with that spoke Chinese. She now chatters non-stop in English!

It still thrills my heart to hear her say, "I love you mommy". She now says it several times a day without any prompting. The little girl that did not want me to hold or rock her now runs to me with open arms and hugs. I am now her "number 1"and I am overjoyed. I was Shane's "number 1" from the first day we met and it was difficult for me to accept that Abigail did not feel the same way but each child is different and Abigail was much older when she joined our family than Shane was.

I am hoping that you all can see the video that I took of her yesterday!