Developments...

How quickly life can change. Without giving out too much information, we have been told there are developments in our near future with our second adoption plan. All we can do right now is ask for prayers of peace in decision making for all involved.

I will say though that we have a distinctively different peace about how things are going with this adoption process. I don't know if it is because we are still so early in the process, only being approved less than a month ago. Or if it is because we have been through the experience and know that God truly will live up to His promises of making us a family. Whatever the case, it has been less stressful to this point and we must thank God for that peace.

On to our little Abigail's developments. She is learning so much every day. Not just about things in her world, but also about how to interact with her Momma and Dadda. She is attempting to pull out the drama queen card more and more as she wants things that she can't have. It's really pretty cute although unsuccessful.

She is starting to put words together instead of just repeating the same one word. Granted we don't know what most of the things she says mean but she does. But this week she started with a lyrical repetition of "Mamma, Dadda, Mamma, Dadda" said as quickly as she can for nearly a minute.

The most precious thing she has started doing recently involves her bedtime routine. She no longer requires being rocked to sleep and then put in bed. She prefers to sit with Momma and drink her milk and then brush her teeth. She then will point to me and point to her bedroom and sign "Please". This means she is ready to go lay in bed and listen to her music and fall asleep. As I pick her up to take her to her room, Abigail will wave to Momma until she is out of sight. I put her in bed with her glow-worm in one arm playing music and her puppy dog in the other arm. And when I say "I Love You" on my way out of the room she nods her head back at me. Typically she will listen to her music for about 10 minutes and then be fast asleep.

Such a precious gift she is. Well, it is Mother's Day morning and I need to feed the dogs and then get ready to make breakfast. You will hear more developments in the coming days.

Peace to all,
Jerry