Love at first sight... five years later.

May has been such an exciting month for us... filled with two girls' birthdays, the Kentucky Derby, prom, two graduations, Mothers Day and an annual adoption picnic among many other things. Pictures soon, I promise!

However, a day that I never want to forget is the day five years ago when my world changed for forever. It was the day that I first glimpsed the face of a tiny little angel who became my daughter the moment my eyes saw her. No going back... I was in love!


All five pounds, three ounces of pink dreams come true! I am lucky that I still have this little pink sleeper and the Humpty Dumpty/ Cow Jumping Over the Moon blanket she is pictured in. Her foster mother brought her to us in them when we went to visit when she was 10 weeks old... and yes, they still fit with room to spare! What I treasure about this picture is the fact that she is being cradled in her birth mother's hands... presenting her for this photograph... knowing well what this picture meant. She made a plan for her daughter and I think of CL every day when I look into the eyes of our daughter, who looks much like the woman who made a sacrifice that I can never begin to understand.

Here is my dream come true five years later! My beautiful Sophie~Bug!! She was so excited to hear her story today and willingly posed with her referral picture that we keep beside her bed.



How on Earth did I ever deserve the gift of being able to be this child's mommy. I am so blessed!!


Five years... and all 32 pounds of her later, I still fall in love with her every. single. day.