Tuesday, July 01, 2008

Life as a Family of Six

Trip to the park

The past week has been full of new adventures for C! The past few days have also brought some great opportunities for sibling bonding. It's awesome to watch all four of our kids play and have fun together. We have been talking to the older three about their baby brother for two years now, so for them to actually get to get to know him and grow to love him in person is a real blessing! A, Ash, and Beans have been so faithful and have sacrificed so much- and now they get to see that it was all worth it... my heart nearly bursts every time they tell me how much they love him. Not that they don't fight and have their moments of jealousy, they do (of course), but it honestly has been so much less than I envisioned it could be. I have prayed for two years that God would grow a deep love for their baby brother inside of their hearts (and I know many of you have prayed the same prayer for just as long), and God is faithful! We feel like C has been part of our family all along... and, really he has. Even though C has not physically been with us since he was born, he has been in our hearts and minds from the time God was forming him in his birthmother's womb. I'm in awe every time I think about all of it. The way God orchestrated it all... it takes my breath away.


C REALLY loved the park!


C having a blast with Beans...


Mother Hen (Ash) leads the way!

C looked on as big brother showed him the proper rock wall climbing technique

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Awesome! So good to see how well EVERYONE is doing. We continue to pray for the family, our "cousins."

parkadoption said...

Wonderful pictures! Don't you just love the change in their appearance as they start to relax and become little boys finally. As your love and God's love begins to permeate their soul, and every fiber of their being. What amazing transformation and journey. C is truly blessed to have you guys as parents. Stay strong in Him!

JP