5 Months

October 2011 First Family Photo

Wow... 5 months ago today two precious girls took up permanent residence in our home and turned our lives completely upside down!!! I still can't get over the reality that I AM A MOMMY... even though my little Shadow follows me around every day all day saying "MOMMA...MOMMA... MOMMYYYYYY...MOMMYYYY" and Jordin jumps off that bus every day so excited to see me and even tells me at random times "Mommy I love u" and at other times "Mommy, I'm glad I'm your kid"
I used to always pray that if and when we did adopt that the child we adopted would just want a mom and dad to love them, I think God again has answered a long, long ago forgotten prayer of mine... She is so happy that we're her mom and dad and I love that!

Now that our spring weather is on us and I can let the girls play outside on the deck while I cook dinner I look out the window as the warm breeze blows in and I hear the laughter of our girls and remember so many times dreaming of this day, hoping and praying to be a mommy and now it's here... it's REALLY REALLY here.... IT'S REAL!!!! The girls run up and down the hall chasing each other, screaming and laughing and again I take a deep breath and say inside myself "I'm a mommy"
It reminds me of when we first moved into our house in 1998, and still when I pull in our drive way I thank God for our home and I love it so much and often say to myself, this is our house.
I hope I never get over our girls and being MOMMY...
Thank you Lord for spilling over my heart with this love and our home with this laughter.