Daddy's Precious Girl

Daddy's Little Princessa

Let me begin by the fact that Daddy needed alot of coaxing for this third adoption! With two wild, rough and tumble boys that he can wrestle with, and watch Nascar with, why do we need a little girl? I told him little girls are different and they are always Daddy girls...Not that they don't love their Mommy's they just think the world revolves around their dad. Well, it did not take more than a minute for our little girl to wrap herself around her daddy's heart. Maybe it was the fact that she was so tiny(7 lbs ) the first time we met at 7 weeks old, but somehow he just could not quit looking at her and wanting to protect her. When the foster family came to pick her up, he went upstairs to change her pants and I really did not think he was coming back. I know if he could have found a way he would have smuggled her home in our carry-on. Although he doesn't show it as much, I know this wait is hard on him also. I can't wait to see his face when he sees her again! Hopefully it is soon...??

Me and My Girl!

Is Today the Day?

I woke up this morning thinking this has to be the day!! I believe God has the perfect time for everything in your life so why am I questioning it?? I so want to be in control of the situation but have come to realize that no matter how bad I want it to happen, it is out of my hands. My prayer for today is that I find a peace about the fact that my little girl is growing up and I am missing it. I know she will be with us for the rest of her life but it is so crucial for attachment that she comes home soon. So, Today my prayer is this: God Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

Little Sweetie!

Missing Layla so bad it Hurts!

I have had a terrible week this week. I am thinking a little of it has to do with hormones but I just can't quit crying. I get to work and start the day out pretty hopeful and by 3:00 I am a basket case. Rushing to pick up the phone, obsessively checking my e-mails, and just trying to will it to happen! Why does this process have to be so hard? I know it is all so worth it once your child comes home but sometimes it just seems like it is never going to happen. Since I am going backwards with my posts, I am going to post a couple of favorites from my visit trip in October. She has grown up so much and I am glad I got to spend time with her at this age. She is 4 months on these pictures.

Noah and Eli, The Big Brothers

A Message from my Brothers

Noah and Eli are soon both 4 years old! Noah will turn four on February 4th and Eli was four on the 5th of October. They are having a hard time with the concept that we can see pictures of Layla but (When is she coming to live with us??)
Noah, will out of the blue come up to me and say..... O.K. mom, I am ready for my sister to come home! Like that was all we've been waiting for.
Eli has just recently taken to singing songs about Layla all the time.... They go something like this, Layla, Layla, Layla, over and over again to whatever tune comes to mind.
They have both let me know that Layla will be too little to wrestle with them and besides that she is a girl!!
She is in for the ride of her life with these two as brothers.
We have told them she can come home when she is big enough to go on an airplane. They think she looks big enough already!

Our little girl is getting so big!

Our Adoption Journey

We have been waiting for Layla exactly 7 months today. It is a little late to start a blog, but we would like to share our adoption journey with others and show off our beautiful little Layla.
After adopting 2 little boys from Guatemala, I finally convinced my husband that we needed a little girl so I am not the only female in the house. We started the paperwork in March and were ready for a referral by the first of June. We were told it would be a couple of weeks for a referral but it was 21 days !The wait was terrible but it was just the beginning of the wait that was yet to come.
Layla was born on June 20, 2006 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. We recieved her referral the day after she was born. We had been trying to decide on a name for a couple of months and when we recieved her birth certificate and saw the name her birthmother had given her we just new she was our Layla! We did change her middle name to Roselena, after my husbands two grandmothers, Rose and Helen.
We were so excited and so were her two brothers, Noah and Elijah. I figured we had been through this twice before so we should be old pros at this.