One Year Home This Month!!

Yesterday marked Josiah's "first" Birthday and his Adoption Day. In China, his birthday (November 8th, as given to him by the orphanage when he was found) was never celebrated. It turned out that last year, I actually met Josiah and signed the adoption paperwork on November 8th. So we get to celebrate TWO special things with him this year. Since Nana and Poppop came to visit last week, we had a special early "Thanksgiving"dinner last Friday and celebrated being a Family. Nana and Poppop gave Josiah a Star Wars blanket for his bed and we gave him some Star Wars pjs.

 Yesterday, we celebrated Josiah's birthday with a Peanuts/Snoopy theme. He was so excited leading up to November 8th. I don't know if any kid has every enjoyed having a birthday so much!

Last night at bedtime, Benjamin prayed with a heartfelt gratitude that matched what we all felt: "Thank You Lord for letting us adopt Josiah. Thank You for bringing him into our family, because we love him SO much!".
Amen.