Happy Birthday Bug!

Today is my Bug's 2nd birthday...gulp, make that a double gulp. I can't believe how quickly these last two years have gone by. Time goes by so fast...our lives have been filled with joy that is indescribable all because of a little girl that came into our lives at 2 lbs. 13 oz. on July 28, 2007.

Her life is a miracle story from the very beginning, a story of God's grace and amazing power of placing people where they are supposed to be in order to work out His plan for a child to end up in the family they are supposed to be in. Bug has captured our hearts and will capture the heart of most anyone she meets. Her smile and her ability to cut her eyes at you...as comedic as her daddy and learning to be sassy like her momma.

We are so thankful to have been chosen by the Lord to be her parents. We know that it is a special gift to raise children...for children really aren't ours, are they? They are His. He just allows us the privilege of raising them to know Him, to serve Him and love Him...so that hopefully they will grow up to do the same thing. I long to instill in Bug a passion and love for Jesus above and beyond anything else. I know that my little girl is going to face many obstacles in her life...learning difficulties, physical disabilities, speech issues, seizures...etc...but God has already taken victory over those things for her and I believe wholeheartedly that Bug will have the ability to see Jesus regardless of her situation.

I have so many, many wishes for Bug on her birthday...but mostly I long for her to have no more days of seizures. We'll continue to pray to the one who can make that happen, instead of wishing! :) Enjoy the tiny baby pictures...can you believe how little she was?