Happy Easter

What a beautiful day!

Today was a quiet day for us, church in the morning (the service was awesome) breakfast at our favorite local restaurant. We laid around while Sophie napped then took some pictures, laid around some more playing with Sophie and Skyping with family.

It kinda didn't feel like Easter.

Sophie's too young to understand how wonderful Easter is, how awesome Jesus' Resurrection and salvation is. I can barely get her to listen to a story with more then a few words, so talking to her about Jesus requires patience and a little more diligence then I have so far had.

I really look forward to hearing my daughter sing "Jesus Loves Me" and quote John 3:16 to me. But the reality is she will never do these things if I'm not faithful to talk to her about Jesus, if I don't pray with her (not just praying for her which I do constantly), or set the example of someone who lives life, not perfectly, but with integrity. I need my actions to match my words, even when (especially when) nobody is looking, cause the truth is Sophie is always watching.

I am very thankful for what Jesus has done in my life. I like the person I am with Him so much better then the person I was without Him and I want Sophie to know Him too.

So this Easter I am so thankful the God loved me so much that He died rather than live without me, and I am focusing anew on sharing His love with Sophie. She might not be old enough to understand the resurrection but she's watching me all the time, so I need to show her a lot more Jesus.

The 1/2 Way Point

Today Sophie has been with us for 5 months! I can hardly believe how fast the time has gone and yet how much she has changed (and how much she has changed us).

The day an adopted child has been with their family longer then they were without their family is a very big deal and we are half way there!

Ahhh, the difference 6 weeks can make

WE MADE IT HOME!

Sophie was an amazing traveler this time! In just 6 short weeks Sophie has developed a little bit of an attention span so sitting in the car playing with one of her toys kept her busy and happy. She also has fallen in love with Yo Gabba Gabba (a crazy, funny, kids show with LOTS of singing) and she will sit an watch that as long as you let her. She has also become a toddler (yes that hurts to admit). She is walking everywhere and is amazingly stable considering she looks like shes a 6 month old. So we packed her in to her seat, handed her toy after toy till she became bored then turned on some Yo Gabba Gabba. When we stopped we let her run around a bit to burn off some energy and we seriously had NO problems. We traveled for 11 hours the 1st day, and 4ish the 2nd day, and arrived happy and ready to run. It was so amazing to be home. To see our parents interact with our daughter. To watch our daughter play with her cousins. For our family to fit so beautifully into the family. It was restful, and fun and possibly the best trip home we've ever had (and that's saying something since we love to go home). We are so thankful that we got to be a family with our family.