Home 6 months!!!

Well, this week we celebrated being home 6 months and Grace turning 10 months!!! Man... time has flown by. It's a little sad, really. Where did my little baby go?? But, even though she's growing and developing like a weed, we're counting our blessings for such a happy and healthy baby girl. In the 6 mo. she's been home, Grace has gained 11 lbs., grown 5 in., found out she's allergic to cow's milk, grew out of her reflux, and hasn't had an Upper Respiratory Infection since Nov.!!!! We finally have a very healthy girl on our hands, Praise God!! Mike and I were talking over the weekend and looking back through some of our paperwork (we're finally doing our readoption-- that's another post-- it's very complicated and we're trying to do it ourselves-- and no one at the court seems to know how to help!!!)... but, we were looking at Grace's referral pictures and some other early pictures of her and we both finally verbalized that we had our major doubts that Grace would even survive till we were able to pick her up!! We prayed like crazy for her, but I'm actually glad that Mike never told me that he was scared.... I think that would have sent me over the top (which, he knew would have)!!!!! And then, when we finally made it to Ethiopia to get her, we really enjoyed our stay, but we both just really wanted to get her home and healthy and strong! There was a bad cold bug that was just starting to go through Hannah's Hope.... that cold bug put Grace in the ER when we got her home..... we hate to think about how her little body would have handled that cold if we weren't able to travel when we did! So, we're counting our blessings every day and thanking Jesus for this perfect baby girl that He saved for our family. Most of the time, I truly don't feel worthy enough to even be called her mommy, but He has the perfect plan for our Grace and I'm just striving to be the best mom that I can for her. But, I do have to say that I'm wild and crazy in love with this sweet, funny, and HAPPY little girl!!!!!!

Grace at 7 weeks- 4.3 lbs., 17" (our referral)In Ethiopia: 3.5 months, 9 lbs 22"Grace at home, 10 mo., 20lbs 27"