Oh hello there!
Here I am four months since my last post…. I must admit this
blog is for me to share about my family and our life together, we’ve just been
having too much fun this summer and I haven’t wanted to sit down and write. In
saying that, I’m shocked it’s September, how time flies, thankful we get to
enjoy our extended summer we have here in the PNW.
This summer consisted of several weddings, lots of time
outdoors playing and exploring, swimming, river rock throwing, berry picking,
animal visiting at various farms, going to the park, play dates, sprinklers,
bubble blowing & chalk drawing. Lots of Matthew’s softball games,
gardening, hiking, walks with our dog, barbeques with friends and family, a
trip to the zoo and beach! We had a visit with some of Maryellis’ birth family
up in Portland, she got to meet her half sister. It was a really wonderful time
for us to all be together and get to know one another more. I would say that we
all left that day with peace in our hearts, thankful for the time we got to
visit and become more comfortable. Other then that we stayed in town a lot this
summer, we were very occupied with lots of house projects, and I have still had
several appointments pertaining to the healing of my body. I wouldn’t have
changed this summer for anything, learning to take advantage of all the many
things our town offers.
Maryellis is now 15 months old and very busy, continually
keeping me on my toes.
Its hard for me to really pinpoint her personality---happy,
easy going but not afraid to say “no”, she isn’t really shy- but takes in her
surrounding before really letting her guard down. I enjoy seeing her as she
learns more and more each day, she is quite the little explorer. She is no
longer a baby, becoming more and more of a little girl. I love to watch her
when she discovers something new, or accomplishes a task all by herself, she
lights up! She loves to dance and the water, planning on singing up for
swimming lessons soon and dance in the near future. Sign language has been a wonderful
way for us to communicate, not to mention it has been helping with her verbal
communication skills.
I have just been reflecting lately about how the Lord has
grown our family, through Adoption. In my dark days of infertility I remember
the scriptures that would come to mind,
“Delight
yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart.” Psalm
37:4
“For everyone who asks receivers; the one who seeks finds;
and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”
Praying and meditating over these scriptures, even arguing
with God “You know the desires of my heart, to be a mother, why isn’t it
happening?”
Well I have to remember that God’s plans and his way is
better then mine. He knew the heartache and breaking that I needed to go through.
How blessed I am that he took me on that journey, he has given me the desire of
my heart, our daughter- he knew that from the day she was conceived that she
would be our little girl. I cannot imagine that my plans would have ever
compared to what God has already done. I am so thankful that we got to choose
her, yet how her birth parents choose us, they gave us the gift we’ve always
dreamed of.
God will give us the desires of our hearts, we have to be
willing to ask, pray, and give it up to Him, trusting that he will---and likely
it won’t go the path we thought it would.
Our family grows and expands through Adoption, just has he
adopted us, we too will adopt and love as He first loved us.
Blessings.
