Been Home Three Months Today

"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me." John 14:1

Who is that little chubby girl???????? That little chubby girl is Abigail. The picture was taken in April 2007 and she was known as "Stacey". We began sponsoring "Stacey" in April 2007 through the New Day Foster Home. It is also the month that I "officially" began searching for her file. It is now two years and and three months later and Abigail has been home with us for 3 months!

What an amazing two years it has been . There have been a lot of emotions, tears, and joy over the past two years. I am still in awe that God worked it out for us to find her file and to bring her home with us after all this time. I know that He can do ANYTHING but that he worked this miracle out for our family still takes my breathe away.

I am not sure there are words to adequately describe Abigail. She is smart, she is moody, she can be lovable but also stand-offish, she likes people but will withdraw one minute from them and will run and kiss them the next minute. Some of the funny things that she does is if she says something and I laugh at it, she will say "Abigail funny, mama?". She had a small pillow that she brought with her from New Day. She slept with it every night and carried it around most days. It was lost at Virginia Beach when we went there in May. Kelsey gave her one of her "hand-held" pillows but one day she misplaced it also. I sat down, and with Abigail watching me, I hand-sewed her a pillow using an old, but colorful sheet. I stuffed it with parts of another pillow. I didn't tell Abigail but I actually made her two pillows so we would have a "spare" for when she lost the first one - and it was bound to happen. It touches me that she prefers the pillow that I made her over the one that Kelsey gave her. She tells people, "mama made Abigail's pillow" and she uses the hand motions to show them how I sewed the pillow. When she sees my nightgown hanging on the bathroom door, she says, "mama wear that and rock Abigail". She puts her hands to her chest and does the rocking motion. I love to watch her and Shane interact with their father. John is a great father and they both adore him. The only Chinese word that she still uses is "baba" which is "dad" in Chinese.

Have a happy and safe 4th of July!