Happy Birthday Alyssa!!!
We had a fantastic weekend at Great Wolf Lodge! It's become a tradition to spend a night at GWL for the kids' birthdays----it's a time to get away from the holiday craziness and just have fun and talk birthday stuff instead of Christmas stuff. Each year the kids love it in a different way. This year Alyssa really liked the whole rope/bucket climbing tower. Last year the lilly pads were the big thing. Of course the slids are great...............and Austin gets his fair share in the hot tub :)
Before bed we were telling Alyssa her story of when she was born and just how excited we were. She loves hearing it, and I love telling it. The funniest thing to her was that when they called to tell us her birthmom was in the hospital, they called and told us we were having a boy first. Then they called back and said oh, it's a girl!. She giggles when we tell her that. It was just such an exciting time..........only knowing about her for 1 week before she was born............and just the amazing ways that God showed us He truely had a perfect plan for our family. Unbelievable!!! It's fun to think about all the different stages. How fun each stage is. I remember thinking 'it's adoption--- kind of a random 'next of the list' kind of thing...........and how can a child really be meant for a specific family?'........................but now having been through this process 3 times.............I whole hardedly believe that God does have a specific child for each family. Each of the kids have their own unique story which makes them who they are. This is a time for us to reflect and give thanks for their birth parents--they are special and very courageous people. We're very thankful for them.
With the Christmas season so close to birthdays in our household I've thought about the 2 together alot. I know as Christians we've all been adopted by Christ............sometimes I hear that concept so often, and hear it's parellels with adoption so much, that it looses something. I was thinking the other day that Jesus knows exactly what the kids ever think about adoption. I mean ,Jesus was adopted by Joseph, right? Joseph wasn't his birth father.............yet he was Dad to Jesus. I know that there will be things that I don't get, or the kids wish I knew how they felt, yet I hope they find comfort in knowing that Jesus knows all their needs and knows how they are feeling. He's been there too.
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